Branched-chain fatty acids, increased in tears of blepharitis patients, are not toxic for conjunctival cells

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1391-1395

  Joffre, C ^a,e   Souchier, M ^b   Leclere, L ^a   Buteau, B ^a   Gregoire S ^a   Lizard, G ^c   Montange, T ^c   Acar, N ^a   Bron, A ^a,b   Creuzot Garcher, C ^a,b   Diebold, Y ^d   Bretillon, L ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACRIMATION DISORDER; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; BLEPHARITIS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CONJUNCTIVA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TEARS;

EID: 70349970659     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.156356     Document Type: Article

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