Association of Conjunctival Cell HLA-DR Expression with the Severity of Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease at Baseline in the NORTHERN LIGHTS Phase 2 Trial
HLA-DR was present in a wide range of percentages among DED patients indicating the heterogeneous nature of DED. HLA-DR was significantly associated with corneal fluorescein staining suggesting a correlation of the biomarker with ocular surface damage.
Authors
- Penny A. Asbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7583-7778)
- Eric Kuklinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-2763)
- Morten Præstegaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2413-791X)
- Yi Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2067-6783)
- Neeta S. Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7689-7115)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- MC2 Therapeutics (Denmark) (DK)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Eye Research
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2469254
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00