Full-term neonates produce tears normally, but neonatal tear film is modified to resist evaporation with a thick lipid layer that allows lower spontaneous blink rates. This adaptation presumably prevents drying of the ocular surface during long inter-blink periods. However, tear-film stability is not only based on the integrity of the lipid layer, but also reflects properties of the underlying mucus layer. Characteristics of the neonatal mucus tear-film layer have not yet been described.

MUC5AC overexpression in tear film of neonates / Mantelli, Flavio; Tiberi, Eloisa; Micera, Alessandra; Lambiase, Alessandro; Visintini, Federica; Bonini, Stefano. - In: GRAEFE'S ARCHIVE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 0721-832X. - STAMPA. - 245:9(2007), pp. 1377-1381. [10.1007/s00417-007-0602-9]

MUC5AC overexpression in tear film of neonates

LAMBIASE, ALESSANDRO;
2007

Abstract

Full-term neonates produce tears normally, but neonatal tear film is modified to resist evaporation with a thick lipid layer that allows lower spontaneous blink rates. This adaptation presumably prevents drying of the ocular surface during long inter-blink periods. However, tear-film stability is not only based on the integrity of the lipid layer, but also reflects properties of the underlying mucus layer. Characteristics of the neonatal mucus tear-film layer have not yet been described.
2007
Adult; Birth Weight; Blotting, Western; Eye Proteins; Female; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mucin 5AC; Mucins; Spectrophotometry; Tears
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MUC5AC overexpression in tear film of neonates / Mantelli, Flavio; Tiberi, Eloisa; Micera, Alessandra; Lambiase, Alessandro; Visintini, Federica; Bonini, Stefano. - In: GRAEFE'S ARCHIVE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 0721-832X. - STAMPA. - 245:9(2007), pp. 1377-1381. [10.1007/s00417-007-0602-9]
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