Loss of thiol repair systems in human cataractous lenses

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 598-605

  Wei, Min ^a,b   Xing, Kui Yi ^b   Fan, Yin Chuan ^a   Libondi, Teodosio ^c   Lou, Marjorie F ^b,d  

^a SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphodehydrogenase; Human cataract; Oxidative stress; PSSG; PSSP; Redox regulation; Thiol oxidation damage repair; Thioltransferase system; Thioredoxin system

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE REDUCTASE (GLUTATHIONE); THIOL; THIOLTRANSFERASE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTAREDOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BICINCHONINIC ACID ASSAY; CATARACT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISUAL ACUITY; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LENS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; FEMALE; GLUTAREDOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; THIOREDOXINS;

EID: 84921853605     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15452     Document Type: Article

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