Age-related nuclear cataract - Oxidation is the key

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 709-725

  Truscott, Roger J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cataract; Epidemiology; Hydrogen peroxide; Metabolites; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DECOMPOSITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONSET AGE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 18044388716     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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