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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144665303321

Titolo

Human cataract formation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman

Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Division), 1984

ISBN

0-272-79175-X

1-280-78411-3

9786613694508

0-470-72087-5

0-470-71857-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 106

Altri autori (Persone)

NugentJonathan

WhelanJulie

Disciplina

617.7/42

Soggetti

Cataract - Etiology

Pathology, Molecular

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Human Cataract Formation, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 25-27 October, 1983; editors, Jonathan Nugent (Organizer) and Julie Whelan"--P. v.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Human cataract formation; Contents; Introduction; Classification of human cataractous change by the American Cooperative Cataract Research Group method; Discussion; Epidemiological and other studies in the assessment of factors contributing to cataractogenesis; Discussion; Oxidation and cataract; Discussion; Metabolism and function of glutathione in the lens; Discussion; Cataracts and photochemical damage in the lens; Discussion; Diabetic and galactosaemic cataracts; Discussion; Calcium and the physiology of cataract; Discussion

General discussion Causes and mechanisms of human cataract formation Cytoskeletal proteins of the ageing human lens; Discussion; Interaction of crystallins with M. Vermorken, I. Dunia and E. L. Benedetti the cytoskeletal-plasma membrane complex of the bovine lens; Discussion; Crystallin genes: templates for lens transparency;



Discussion; The crystallin gene families; The molecular structures and interactions of bovine and human Y- crystallins; Discussion; The molecular basis of cataract formation; Discussion

The application of non-invasive techniques to the study of cataract development on the metabolic and the protein molecular level Discussion; Final general discussion Sequence of events in cataract formation; Strategies for future research on the human lens; Index of contributors; Subject index