Contribution of ubiquitous calpains to cataractogenesis in the spontaneous diabetic WBN/Kob rat

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 611-617

  Sakamoto Mizutani, Kanako ^b   Fukiage, Chiho ^b   Tamada, Yoshiyuki ^b   Azuma, Mitsuyoshi ^a,b   Shearer, Thomas R ^b  

^a SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calpain 10; Calpain 2; Cataract; Spontaneous diabetes; WBN Kob rat

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CASEIN; FODRIN; GLUCOSE; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SLIT LAMP; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036453977     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2002.2065     Document Type: Article

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