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Email

cintiadp@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor, Caroline Elles Endowed Professorship

Ophthalmology-Departmental
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Houston, TX, United States

Education

MD from State University of Campinas-UNICAMP

12/1994 - Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Medicine

Residency at State University of Campinas-UNICAMP

12/1997 - Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ophthalmology

PhD from University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto

10/2015 - Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Honors & Awards

Caroline F. Elles Professorship

BCM (04/2023)

Professional Interests

• Dry Eye, Ocular Surface Diseases, Animal Models of Sjogren Syndrome, Microbiome, Aging

Professional Statement

Websites

Selected Publications

• Zaheer M, Wang C, Bian F, Yu Z, Hernandez H, de Souza RG, Simmons KT, Schady D, Swennes AG, Pflugfelder SC, Britton RA, de Paiva CS.. " " JJ Autoimmun.. 2018 Sep ; 93 : 45-56.
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• Pelegrino FS, Volpe EA, Gandhi NB, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS.. " " Arthritis Res Ther.. 2012 ; 14 (6) : R234.
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• Wang C, Zaheer M, Bian F, Quach D, Swennes AG, Britton RA, Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS. " " Int J Mol Sci.. 2018 Feb ; 19 (2) : E565.
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• de Paiva CS, Lindsey JL, Pflugfelder SC. " " Ophthalmology. 2003 Jun ; 110 (6) : 1102-9.
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• Stern ME, Schaumburg CS, Siemasko KF, Gao J, Wheeler LA, Grupe DA, De Paiva CS, Calder VL, Calonge M, Niederkorn JY, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2012 ; 53 (4) : 2062-75.
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• De Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " Stem Cells. 2006 Feb ; 24 (2) : 368-75.
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• Chen Z, de Paiva CS, Luo L, Kretzer FL, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " Stem Cells. 2004 ; 22 (3) : 355-66.
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• De Paiva CS, Yoon KC, Pangelinan SB, Pham S, Puthenparambil LM, Chuang EY, Farley WJ, Stern ME, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " 2009 ; 6 : 31.
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• De Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC. " " Am. J. Ophthalmol.. 2004 Jan ; 137 (1) : 109-15.
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• De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Villarreal AL, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC. " " Exp. Eye Res.. 2006 Sep ; 83 (3) : 526-35.
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• Yoon KC, De Paiva CS, Qi H, Chen Z, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC. " " J. Autoimmun.. 2008 Jun ; 30 (4) : 212-21.
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• Beardsley RM, De Paiva CS, Power DF, Pflugfelder SC. " " Cornea. 2008 Sep ; 27 (8) : 935-40.
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• Zhang X, Chen W, De Paiva CS, Volpe EA, Gandhi NB, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC. " " Am. J. Pathol.. 2011 Oct ; 179 (4) : 1807-14.
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• Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Gao J, Siemasko K. " " J. Immunol.. 2006 Apr 1; 176 (7) : 3950-7.
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• Zheng X, de Paiva CS, Li DQ, Farley WJ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2010 Jun ; 51 (6) : 3083-91.
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• Corrales RM, Stern ME, De Paiva CS, Welch J, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2006 Aug ; 47 (8) : 3293-302.
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• De Paiva CS, Volpe EA, Gandhi NB, Zhang X, Zheng X, Pitcher JD, Farley WJ, Stern ME, Niederkorn JY, Li DQ, Flavell RA, Pflugfelder SC. " " PLoS ONE. 2011 ; 6 (12) : e29017.
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• De Paiva CS, Villarreal AL, Corrales RM, Rahman HT, Chang VY, Farley WJ, Stern ME, Niederkorn JY, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2007 Jun ; 48 (6) : 2553-60.
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• Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS, Villarreal AL, Stern ME. " " Cornea. 2008 Jan ; 27 (1) : 64-9.
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• Kim HH, De Paiva CS, Yen MT. " " Can. J. Ophthalmol.. 2007 Oct ; 42 (5) : 739-42.
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• Corrales RM, de Paiva CS, Li DQ, Farley WJ, Henriksson JT, Bergmanson JP, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2011 ; 52 (6) : 3492-9.
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• Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS, Li DQ, Stern ME. " " Cornea. 2008 Sep ; 27 : S9-11.
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• De Paiva CS, Pangelinan SB, Chang E, Yoon KC, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Arch. Ophthalmol.. 2009 Dec ; 127 (12) : 1625-31.
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• Zheng X, De Paiva CS, Rao K, Li DQ, Farley WJ, Stern M, Pflugfelder SC. " " Cornea. 2010 Sep ; 29 (9) : 1048-54.
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• Tong L, Corrales RM, Chen Z, Villarreal AL, De Paiva CS, Beuerman R, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2006 May ; 47 (5) : 1938-46.
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• Yoon KC, De Paiva CS, Qi H, Chen Z, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2007 Jun ; 48 (6) : 2561-9.
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• Alex A, Edwards A, Hays JD, Kerkstra M, Shih A, de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2013 ; 54 (5) : 3325-32.
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• Qi H, Shine HD, Li DQ, de Paiva CS, Farley WJ, Jones DB, Pflugfelder SC. " " Exp. Eye Res.. 2008 Dec ; 87 (6) : 580-6.
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• Rocha EM, Pelegrino FS, de Paiva CS, Vigorito AC, de Souza CA. " " Bone Marrow Transplant.. 2000 May ; 25 (10) : 1101-3.
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• Alberto-Rincon Mdo C, de Paiva CS, Abrahamsohn PA, Zorn TM. " " Acta Anat (Basel). 1994 ; 150 (2) : 119-26.
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• De Paiva CS, Raince JK, McClellan AJ, Shanmugam KP, Pangelinan SB, Volpe EA, Corrales RM, Farley WJ, Corry DB, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Mucosal Immunol. 2011 Jul ; 4 (4) : 397-408.
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• De Paiva CS, Chotikavanich S, Pangelinan SB, Pitcher JD, Fang B, Zheng X, Ma P, Farley WJ, Siemasko KF, Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " 2009 May ; 2 (3) : 243-53.
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• Zheng X, Bian F, Ma P, De Paiva CS, Stern M, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " J. Cell. Physiol.. 2010 Jan ; 222 (1) : 95-102.
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• De Paiva CS, Harris LD, Pflugfelder SC. " " Cornea. 2003 Jan ; 22 (1) : 22-4.
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• Pelegrino FS, Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS. " " Exp. Eye Res.. 2012 Jan ; 94 (1) : 150-6.
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• Pflugfelder SC, Farley W, Luo L, Chen LZ, de Paiva CS, Olmos LC, Li DQ, Fini ME. " " Am. J. Pathol.. 2005 Jan ; 166 (1) : 61-71.
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• Schaumburg CS, Siemasko KF, De Paiva CS, Wheeler LA, Niederkorn JY, Pflugfelder SC, Stern ME. " " J. Immunol.. 2011 Oct 1; 187 (7) : 3653-62.
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• Li DQ, Chen Z, Song XJ, de Paiva CS, Kim HS, Pflugfelder SC. " " Exp. Eye Res.. 2005 Apr ; 80 (4) : 581-90.
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• Qi H, Chuang EY, Yoon KC, de Paiva CS, Shine HD, Jones DB, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " Mol. Vis.. 2007 ; 13 : 1934-41.
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• Pitcher JD, De Paiva CS, Pelegrino FS, McClellan AJ, Raince JK, Pangelinan SB, Rahimy E, Farley WJ, Stern ME, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2011 ; 52 (6) : 3221-7.
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• Kim HS, Jun Song X, de Paiva CS, Chen Z, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " Exp. Eye Res.. 2004 Jul ; 79 (1) : 41-9.
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• Chotikavanich S, de Paiva CS, Li de Q, Chen JJ, Bian F, Farley WJ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2009 Jul ; 50 (7) : 3203-9.
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• de Paiva CS, Schwartz CE, Gjörstrup P, Pflugfelder SC. " " Cornea. 2012 Nov ; 31 (11) : 1299-303.
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• Li DQ, Zhang L, Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS, Zhang X, Zhao G, Zheng X, Su Z, Qu Y. " " J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.. 2011 Dec ; 128 (6) : 1318-1325.e2.
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• Yeh S, de Paiva CS, Hwang CS, Trinca K, Lingappan A, Rafati JK, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Br J Ophthalmol. 2009 Sep ; 93 (9) : 1260-4.
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• Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS, Tong L, Luo L, Stern ME, Li DQ. " " Ocul Surf. 2005 Oct ; 3 (4) : S154-7.
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• de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC. " " Exp. Eye Res.. 2004 Mar ; 78 (3) : 395-7.
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• Lam H, Bleiden L, de Paiva CS, Farley W, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC. " " Am. J. Ophthalmol.. 2009 Feb ; 147 (2) : 198-205. e1.
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• De Paiva CS, Chen Z, Koch DD, Hamill MB, Manuel FK, Hassan SS, Wilhelmus KR, Pflugfelder SC. " " Am. J. Ophthalmol.. 2006 Mar ; 141 (3) : 438-45.
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• Tong L, Chen Z, De Paiva CS, Beuerman R, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2006 Oct ; 47 (10) : 4295-301.
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• Zheng X, Ma P, de Paiva CS, Cunningham MA, Hwang CS, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2010 Jun ; 51 (6) : 3076-82.
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• 77. Moore QL, De Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC. " " Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul ; 160 (1) : 135-142.
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• De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Villarreal AL, Farley W, Li DQ, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2006 Jul ; 47 (7) : 2847-56.
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• De Paiva CS, Hwang CS, Pitcher JD, Pangelinan SB, Rahimy E, Chen W, Yoon KC, Farley WJ, Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010 Feb ; 49 (2) : 246-58.
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• 75. You IC, Bian F, Volpe EA, de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Mar ;
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• de Paiva CS, Chen Z, Corrales RM, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " Stem Cells. 2005 ; 23 (1) : 63-73.
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• Ahmad S, Kolli S, Li DQ, de Paiva CS, Pryzborski S, Dimmick I, Armstrong L, Figueiredo FC, Lako M. " " Stem Cells. 2008 Jun ; 26 (6) : 1609-19.
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• Deng R, Su Z, Lu F, Zhang L, Lin J, Zhang X, de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ.. " " Exp Eye Res. 2014;. 2014 ; 120 (118) : 26. 29.
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• Lin J, Yoon KC, Zhang L, Su Z, Lu R, Ma P, De Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ. " " PLoS ONE. 2012 ; 7 (11) : e49571.
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• Pflugfelder SC, Maskin SL, Anderson B, Chodosh J, Holland EJ, De Paiva CS, Bartels SP, Micuda T, Proskin HM, Vogel R. " " Am. J. Ophthalmol.. 2004 Sep ; 138 (3) : 444-57.
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• " J Immunol. 2014 Nov 15;. ; 193 (10) : 5264-72..
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• Desiccating Stress-Induced MMP Production and Activity Worsens Wound Healing in Alkali-Burned Corneas. " ;
• 80. Coursey TG, Henriksson JT, Marcano DC, Shin CS, Isenhart LC, Ahmad F, De Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Acharya G. " " J Control Release. 2015 ;
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• Zhang X, Chen W, De Paiva CS, Corrales RM, Volpe EA, McClellan AJ, Farley WJ, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC. " " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2011 Sep ; 52 (9) : 6279-85.
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• " Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz). 2015 Mar 13.. 2015 Mar ;
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• Coursey TG, de Paiva CS. " " Clin Ophthalmol.. 2014 ;
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• Zhang X, Volpe EA, Gandhi NB, Schaumburg CS, Siemasko KF, Pangelinan SB, Kelly SD, Hayday AC, Li DQ, Stern ME, Niederkorn JY, Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS. " " PLoS ONE. 2012 ; 7 (5) : e36822.
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• de Paiva CS, Rocha EM. " " Curr Opin Ophthalmol.. 2015 ;
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• Rahimy E, Pitcher JD, Pangelinan SB, Chen W, Farley WJ, Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC, De Paiva CS. " " Am. J. Pathol.. 2010 Aug ; 177 (2) : 744-53.
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• Suhalim JL, Parfitt GJ, Xie Y, de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Shah TN, Potma EO, Brown DJ, Jester JV.. " " Ocul Surf.. 2014 ; 12 (1) : 59-68.
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• McClellan AJ, Volpe EA, Zhang X, Darlington GJ, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS.. " " Am J Pathol.. 2014 ; 184 (3) : 631-43.
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• Zhang X, de Paiva CS, Su Z, Volpe EA, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC.. " " Exp Eye Res.. 2014 ; 118 : 117-24.
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• Coursey TG, Gandhi NB, Volpe EA, Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS.. " Chemokine Receptors CCR6 and CXCR3 Are Necessary for CD4(+) T Cell Mediated Ocular Surface Disease in Experimental Dry Eye Disease.. " PLoS One. 2013;. ; 8 (11) : e78508.
• Zhang X, Schaumburg CS, Coursey TG, Siemasko KF, Volpe EA, Gandhi NB, Li DQ, Niederkorn JY, Stern ME, Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS.. " " Mucosal Immunol.. 2014 ; 7 (2) : 417-27.
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• Pflugfelder SC, Corrales RM, de Paiva CS.. " " Exp Eye Res.. 2013 ; 117 : 118-25.
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• Gandhi NB, Su Z, Zhang X, Volpe EA, Pelegrino FS, Rahman SA, Li DQ, Pflugfelder SC, de Paiva CS.. " " J Leukoc Biol.. 2013 ; 94 (6) : 1293-301.
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• Alex A, Edwards A, Hays JD, Kerkstra M, Shih A, de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC.. " " Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.. 2013 ; 54 (5) : 3325-82.
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• Su Z, Lin J, Lu F, Zhang X, Zhang L, Gandhi NB, de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ.. " " Mucosal Immunol.. 2013 ; 6 (5) : 921-30.
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• Lin J, Yoon KC, Zhang L, Su Z, Lu R, Ma P, de Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ.. " " PLoS One. 2012 ; 7 (11) : e49571.
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• Henriksson JT, de Paiva CS, Farley W, Pflugfelder SC, Burns AR, Bergmanson JP.. " " Cornea. 2013 ; 32 (4) : 483-90.
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Funding

COMMENSAL MICROBIOTA MODULATES OCULAR SURFACE MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION
#R01EY026893

(09/01/2017 - 08/31/2022)

Grant funding from NIH-NEI

Defining the interplay of interferon-gamma and cathepsin S in age-related dry eye
#5R01EY030447-03

(09/01/2018 - 06/01/2024)

Grant funding from NIH/NEI

Programmable Microwafer Drug Delivery System for Ocular Injuries
#W81XWH-12-1-0616

(09/01/2012 - 09/30/2016)

Grant funding from DoD