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Michael E. Stern

Michael E. Stern

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
18126
World Ranking
8561
National Ranking
628

Overview

Michael E. Stern is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their body of research primarily centers on the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Demography, Ophthalmology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • Biological functions of tear film (2020) published in Experimental Eye Research
  • National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: IIa. The 2020 Clinical Implementation and Early Diagnosis Working Group Report (2021) published in Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Inflammatory basis for dry eye disease flares (2020) published in Experimental Eye Research
  • Deep learning-based automatic meibomian gland segmentation and morphology assessment in infrared meibography (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • The cornea in keratoconjunctivitis sicca (2020) published in Experimental Eye Research

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Tony Rosen
  • Philipp Steven
  • Alyssa Elman
  • Sunday Clark
  • Mary R. Mulcare

Their publications most commonly appear in the following venues:

  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Experimental Eye Research
  • Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization

Best Publications

  • The Pathology of Dry Eye: The Interaction Between the Ocular Surface and Lacrimal Glands

    Michael E. Stern;Roger W. Beuerman;Robert I. Fox;Jianping Gao

  • The role of the lacrimal functional unit in the pathophysiology of dry eye.

    Michael E Stern;Jianping Gao;Karyn F Siemasko;Roger W Beuerman

  • Tear cytokine profiles in dysfunctional tear syndrome.

    Helene Lam;Lauren Bleiden;Cintia S. de Paiva;William Farley

  • Corticosteroid and doxycycline suppress MMP-9 and inflammatory cytokine expression, MAPK activation in the corneal epithelium in experimental dry eye.

    Cintia S. De Paiva;Rosa M. Corrales;Arturo L. Villarreal;William J. Farley

  • IL-17 disrupts corneal barrier following desiccating stress.

    C. S. De Paiva;S. Chotikavanich;S. B. Pangelinan;J. D. Pitcher

  • Analysis of topical cyclosporine treatment of patients with dry eye syndrome: effect on conjunctival lymphocytes.

    Kathleen S. Kunert;Ann S. Tisdale;Michael E. Stern;J. A. Smith

  • Conjunctival T-Cell Subpopulations in Sjogren's and Non-Sjogren's Patients with Dry Eye

    Michael E. Stern;Jianping Gao;Tammy A. Schwalb;Mylinh Ngo

  • Desiccating Stress Induces T Cell-Mediated Sjögren’s Syndrome-Like Lacrimal Keratoconjunctivitis

    Jerry Y. Niederkorn;Michael E. Stern;Stephen C. Pflugfelder;Cintia S. De Paiva

  • Tear cytokine and chemokine analysis and clinical correlations in evaporative-type dry eye disease.

    Amalia Enríquez-de-Salamanca;Evangelina Castellanos;Michael E. Stern;Itziar Fernández

  • Update in Sjögren syndrome.

    Robert I. Fox;Michael Stern;Paul Michelson

  • Dry Eye as a Mucosal Autoimmune Disease

    Michael E. Stern;Chris S. Schaumburg;Stephen C. Pflugfelder

  • Dry Eye–Induced Conjunctival Epithelial Squamous Metaplasia Is Modulated by Interferon-γ

    Cintia S. De Paiva;Arturo L. Villarreal;Rosa M. Corrales;Hassan T. Rahman

  • Apoptosis of ocular surface cells in experimentally induced dry eye.

    Steven Yeh;Xiu Jun Song;Xiu Jun Song;William Farley;De-Quan Li

  • Altered Mucosal Microbiome Diversity and Disease Severity in Sjögren Syndrome

    Cintia S. de Paiva;Dan B. Jones;Michael E. Stern;Fang Bian

  • Calcium dependence of neurotransmitter release and rate of spontaneous vesicle fusions are altered in Drosophila synaptotagmin mutants

    J T Littleton;M Stern;M Perin;H J Bellen

  • Identification of tear fluid biomarkers in dry eye syndrome using iTRAQ quantitative proteomics.

    Lei Zhou;Roger W. Beuerman;Choi Mun Chan;Shao Zhen Zhao

  • A mouse model of keratoconjunctivitis sicca.

    Dilek Dursun;Min Wang;Dagoberto Monroy;De Quan Li

  • Inflammation in Dry Eye

    Michael E. Stern;Stephen C. Pflugfelder

  • Research in dry eye: Report of the research subcommittee of the international Dry Eye WorkShop (2007)

    Ilene K. Gipson;Pablo Argüeso;Roger Beuerman;Stefano Bonini

  • Interleukin-6 levels in the conjunctival epithelium of patients with dry eye disease treated with cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion.

    Kathleen Turner;Stephen C. Pflugfelder;Zhonghua Ji;William J. Feuer

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Pflugfelder
Stephen C. Pflugfelder Baylor College of Medicine
Jerry Y. Niederkorn
Jerry Y. Niederkorn The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
De-Quan Li
De-Quan Li Baylor College of Medicine
Reza Dana
Reza Dana Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
David J. Evans
David J. Evans Touro University California
Robert I. Fox
Robert I. Fox Scripps Health
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
James A. McNew
James A. McNew Rice University
Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig
Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig University of California, Berkeley
Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos
Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos Scripps Research Institute

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