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SUBMITTER: Sun M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7700490 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Mingxia M Moreno Isabel Y IY Dang Michelle M Coulson-Thomas Vivien J VJ
International journal of molecular sciences 20201121 22
Studies have estimated that currently 344 million people worldwide and 16.4 million adults in the US have some form of dry eye disease (DED). It is believed that approximately 70% of DED cases are due to some form of evaporative dry eye, for which Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the major cause. Unfortunately, currently there is no effective treatment for MGD, and solely palliative care is available. Given the importance of MGD in DED, there has been a growing interest in studying Meibomian ...[more]