Effect of age on the thioltransferase (glutaredoxin) and thioredoxin systems in the human lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6598-6604

  Kui Yi, Xing ^a   Lou, Marjorie F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAREDOXIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REACTIVATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LENS CORTEX; LENS NUCLEUS; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CATARACT; GLUTAREDOXINS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD+); HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955958811     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5672     Document Type: Article

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