Browsing Optometry and Vision Science by Subject "lens epithelial cells"
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Effects of Temperature on the Proliferation of Human and Fish Lens Epithelial Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-29)Crystallins are proteins that confer refractive properties to the crystalline lens. All vertebrate lenses contain α- and β-crystallins, and often a third major crystallin. Crystallins can have additional non-refractive ... -
The Role of MMPs, Smad3 and Heat Shock Proteins in TGF-β-Induced Anterior Subcapsular Cataract Development
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-18)Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) has been implicated in anterior subcapsular cataract (ASC) development. In the first section of this thesis, an in-vitro rat lens model was used to determine the role of matrix ...