Abstract
Purpose : Dietary supplementation of essential fatty acids relieves symptoms of dry eye. Their topical application has also been shown to reduce inflammation at the ocular surface leading to prospects of their commercial use in eye drops for treating dry eye. Being lipid in nature and added topically to the ocular surface, they can interact with the lipid layer of the tear film and affect its integrity. Our previous research has shown that linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid affect biophysical properties of tear lipids. The aim of this study was to investigate biophysical interactions of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a derivative of linoleic acid having anti-inflammatory effects, with the tear lipids at an air-tear interface.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 29 - May 3, 2018 |
| Publisher | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
| Pages | 146-146 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Annual Meeting - Duration: 1 Jan 2021 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Annual Meeting |
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| Period | 1/01/21 → … |