Establishment of mouse as an animal model for study of diabetic cataracts: Biochemical studies

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Hegde, K R ^a   Henein, M G ^a   Varma, Shambhu D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic cataract; Glycation; Mouse model; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; RUBIDIUM 86; SORBITOL; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PRESSURE;

EID: 0037346556     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1326.2003.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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