In yesterday’s post about the association between cataracts and dementia, one of the variables that they solved for was the E4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE4). The E4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) has been firmly established as a genetic risk factor for many diseases including cardiovascular diseases and Alzheimer’s disease […]
A neat study from the August 2021 issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. High-Fat Diet Induces Inflammation of Meibomian Gland by Jinghua Bu et al studied mice that were fed a high-fat diet and how it affected the ocular surface. The giant grain of salt regarding this article is this. mice showed extreme hyperlipidemia […]