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TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 27-33Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2014.11.022
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Biotribology; Contact lens; PRG4
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- Collaborative Health Research Project grant through the Natural Sciences and Research Council of Canada [413685-2012]
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [413685-2012]
- Zymetrix-BOSE Biomaterial &Tissue Engineering Technology Development Centre [RT735297]
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Contact lens friction was recently shown to correlate with in vivo comfort, with lower friction lenses providing improved comfort. Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) is a recently discovered ocular surface boundary lubricant. The objectives of this study were to measure the friction of commercially available silicone hydrogel (SiHy) contact lenses against human cornea and eyelid tissues, and evaluate the ability of PRG4 to lubricate, and adhere to, SiHy contact lenses. The in vitro friction test employed here effectively measured and distinguished the SiHy contact lens friction coefficients against human eyelid and cornea tissues, and PRG4 functioned as an effective boundary lubricant. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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