Collagen fibrils in the human corneal stroma: Structure and aging

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 644-648

  Daxer, Albert ^a,b,c   Misof, Klaus ^c   Grabner, Barbara ^c   Ettl, Armin ^a,b   Fratzl, Peter ^c  

^a Univ klinik Augenheilkunde Optomet   (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus der Landeshauptstadt   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY;

AGED; AGING; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031913038     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Maurice DM, Jue B. The mechanical properties of the rabbit and human cornea. J Biomech. 1986;19:847-853.
2. Quantock AJ, Kratz-Owens KL, Leonard DW, Meek KM, Schanzlin DJ. Remodelling of the corneal stroma after lamellar keratoplasty: a synchrotron x-ray diffraction study. Cornea. 1994;13:20-27.
3. Freund DE, McCally RL, Farrell RA, Cristol SM, L'Hernault NL, Edelhauser HF. Ultrastructure in anterior and posterior stroma of perfused human and rabbit corneas: relation to transparency. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1995;36:1508-1523.
4. Meek KM, Leonard DW. Ultrastructure of the corneal stroma: a comparative study. Biophys J. 1993;64:273-280.
5. Kanai A, Kaufman HE. Electron microscopic studies of corneal stroma: ageing changes of collagen fibres. Ann Ophthalmol. 1973; 5:285-292.
6. Malik NS, Moss SJ, Ahmed N, Furth AJ, Wall RS, Meek KM. Ageing of the human corneal stroma: structural and hiomechanical changes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1992;1138:222-228.
7. Fratzl P, Daxer A. Structural transformation of collagen fibrils in corneal stroma during drying: an x-ray scattering study. Biophys J. 1993;64:1210-1214.
8. Daxer A, Fratzl P. Collagen fibril orientation in the human corneal stroma and its implication to keratoconus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1997;38:121-128.
9. Worthington CR, Inouye H. X-ray diffraction study of the cornea. Int J Biol Macromol. 1985;7:2-8.
10. Tanaka S, Avigad G, Brodsky B, Eikenberry EF. Glycation induced expansion of the molecular packing of collagen. J Mol Biol. 1988; 203:495-505.
11. Marchini M, Morocutti M, Ruggeri A, Koch MHJ, Bigi A, Roveri N. Differences in the fibril structure of corneal and tendon collagen. An electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction investigation. Connect Tissue Res. 1986;15:269-281.
12. Friedenwald JS. Contribution to the theory and practice of tonometry. Am J Ophthalmol. 1937;20:985-1024.