The effects of age on lens transport

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7174-7187

  Gao, Junyuan ^a   Wang, Huan ^a   Sun, Xiurong ^a   Varadaraj, Kulandaiappan ^a   Li, Leping ^a   White, Thomas W ^a   Mathias, Richard T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junction coupling conductance; Intracellular calcium concentration; Intracellular hydrostatic pressure; Intracellular sodium concentration; Lens size; Membrane conductance; Membrane water permeability; Resting voltage

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 46; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMPEDANCE; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENILE CATARACT; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

GAP JUNCTION COUPLING CONDUCTANCE; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTRACELLULAR SODIUM CONCENTRATION; LENS SIZE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE WATER PERMEABILITY; RESTING VOLTAGE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SODIUM;

EID: 84886998512     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12593     Document Type: Article

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