"Tears" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.
| Descriptor ID |
D013666
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.200.882
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tears" by people in Profiles.
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Xu X, Wilkerson A, Li G, Butovich IA, Zuo YY. Comparative Biophysical Study of Meibomian Lipids of Wild Type and Soat1-Null Mice: Implications to Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Dry Eye Disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 08 01; 64(11):20.
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Xu X, Li G, Zuo YY. Effect of Model Tear Film Lipid Layer on Water Evaporation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 01 03; 64(1):13.
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Xu X, Kang C, Sun R, Zuo YY. Biophysical properties of tear film lipid layer II. Polymorphism of FAHFA. Biophys J. 2022 02 01; 121(3):451-458.
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Xu X, Li G, Zuo YY. Biophysical properties of tear film lipid layer I. Surface tension and surface rheology. Biophys J. 2022 02 01; 121(3):439-450.
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Farahi A, Hashemi H, Mehravaran S, Tavakolizadeh S, Khabazkhoob M. Tear function evaluation in candidates of corneal laser refractive surgery for myopia. Eye Contact Lens. 2014 Mar; 40(2):91-4.
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Farahi A, Hashemi H, Mehravaran S. The effects of mitomycin C on tear function after photorefractive keratectomy: a contralateral comparative study. J Refract Surg. 2013 Apr; 29(4):260-4.
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Hill JM, Nolan NM, McFerrin HE, Clement C, Foster TP, Halford WP, Kousoulas KG, Lukiw WJ, Thompson HW, Stern EM, Bhattacharjee PS. HSV-1 latent rabbits shed viral DNA into their saliva. Virol J. 2012 Sep 28; 9:221.
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Satpathy G, Mishra AK, Tandon R, Sharma MK, Sharma A, Nayak N, Titiyal JS, Sharma N. Evaluation of tear samples for Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV) detection in suspected cases of viral keratitis using PCR assay and conventional laboratory diagnostic tools. Br J Ophthalmol. 2011 Mar; 95(3):415-8.
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Kumar M, Kaufman HE, Clement C, Bhattacharjee PS, Huq TS, Varnell ED, Thompson HW, Hill JM. Effect of high versus low oral doses of valacyclovir on herpes simplex virus-1 DNA shedding into tears of latently infected rabbits. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Sep; 51(9):4703-6.
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Hill JM, Ball MJ, Neumann DM, Azcuy AM, Bhattacharjee PS, Bouhanik S, Clement C, Lukiw WJ, Foster TP, Kumar M, Kaufman HE, Thompson HW. The high prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA in human trigeminal ganglia is not a function of age or gender. J Virol. 2008 Aug; 82(16):8230-4.