The ageing lens

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-104

  Bron, A J ^a   Vrensen, G F J M ^b   Koretz, J ^c   Maraini, G ^d   Harding, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing lens; Cataract; Crystallins; Lens epithelium; Lens fibres; Presbyopia; Sutures

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLYBDENUM; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; RETINOL; RNA; SELENIUM; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CATARACT; CATTLE; CHICKEN; DIETARY INTAKE; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE;

EID: 0033981119     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027475     Document Type: Review

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