Publications

Meadows JF, Ramamoorthy P, Nichols JJ, Nichols KK. Development of the 4-3-2-1 meibum expressibility
scale. Eye and Contact Lens. 2012;38(2):86-92.

Meadows JF, Dionne K, Nichols KK. Differential profiling of T-cell cytokines as measured by protein
microarray across dry eye subgroups. Cornea. 2016;35(3):329-335.

Ziemanski JF, Wolters L, Jones-Jordan L, et al. Dietary omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid intake and ocular
surface disease in postmenopausal women. Am J Ophthalmol 2018;189:29-40.

Barber L, Khodai O, Croley T, et al. Dry eye symptoms burden and impact on daily activities across
International Task Force (ITF) guidelines severity levels. BMC Ophthalmol. 2018;18(1):260.

McDermott A, Baidouri H, Woodward AM, et al. Short tandem repeat (STR) profiles of commonly used
human ocular surface cell lines. Curr Eye Res. 2018;43(9):1097-1101.

Tichenor AA, Cox SM, Ziemanski JF, Ngo W, et al. Effect of the Bruder Moist Heat Eye Compress on contact
lens discomfort in contact lens wearers: an open-label randomized clinical trial. Cont Lens Anterior Eye.
2019;42(6):625-632.

Tichenor AA, Ziemanski JF, Ngo W, et al. Tear film and meibomian gland characteristics in adolescents.
Cornea. 2019;38(12):1475-1482.

Ziemanski JF, Chen J, Nichols KK. Evaluation of cell harvesting techniques to optimize lipidomic analysis from
human meibomian gland epithelial cells in culture. Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21,3277:1-10.

Ziemanski JF, Wilson L, Barnes S, Nichols KK. Saturation of cholesteryl esters produced by human meibomian
gland epithelial cells after treatment with rosiglitazone. Ocul Surf 2020;25:S1542-0124(20)30180-4. doi:
10.1016/j.jtos.2020.11.011

Ziemanski JF, Wilson L, Barnes S, Nichols KK. Triacylglycerol lipidome from human meibomian gland
epithelial cells: description, response to culture conditions, and perspective on function. Exp Eye Res
2021;207:108573. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108573

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