Genetics of human cataract

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-127

  Shiels, A ^a   Hejtmancik, J F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Genetics; Lens; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ANTIOXIDANT; AQUAPORIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; CORTICOSTEROID; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A2; FERRITIN; FILENSIN; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHAKININ; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME; CONGENITAL CATARACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; GALACTOSEMIA; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPERFERRITINEMIA CATARACT SYNDROME; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOWE SYNDROME; MISSENSE MUTATION; NANCE HORAN SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATARACT; GENETICS; LENS; MUTATIONS;

AGE FACTORS; CATARACT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUTATION;

EID: 84880154660     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12182     Document Type: Review

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