Isolation and lipid characterization of cholesterol-enriched fractions in cortical and nuclear human lens fibers

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1634-1642

  Rujoi, Madalina ^a   Jin, Jiaoling ^a   Borchman, Douglas ^a   Tang, Daxin ^a   Yappert, M Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN 1; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS 31; SPHINGOLIPID; TRITON X 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL MEMBRANE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS FIBER; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; CAVEOLAE; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 0037378889     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0786     Document Type: Article

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