scholarly journals Cortical Cataract Grade 4

2020 ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teruhito Kuroda ◽  
Takashi Fujikado ◽  
Naoyuki Maeda ◽  
Tetsuro Oshika ◽  
Youko Hirohara ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyue Shen ◽  
Manhui Zhu ◽  
Lihua Kang ◽  
Yuanyuan Tu ◽  
Lele Li ◽  
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Purpose. Lanosterol synthase (LSS) abnormity contributes to lens opacity in rats, mice, dogs, and human congenital cataract development. This study examined whether LSS pathway has a role in different subtypes of age-related cataract (ARC). Methods. A total of 390 patients with ARC and 88 age-matched non-ARC patients were enrolled in this study. LSS expression was analyzed by western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). To further examine the function of LSS, we used U18666A, an LSS inhibitor in rat lens culture system. Results. In lens epithelial cells (LECs), LSS expression in LECs increased with opaque degree C II, while it decreased with opaque degree C IV and C V. While in the cortex of age-related cortical cataract (ARCC), LSS expression was negatively related to opaque degree, while lanosterol level was positively correlated to opaque degree. No obvious change in both LSS and lanosterol level was found in either LECs or the cortex of age-related nuclear cataract (ARNC) and age-related posterior subcapsular cataract (ARPSC). In vitro, inhibiting LSS activity induced rat lens opacity and lanosterol effectively delayed the occurrence of lens opacity. Conclusions. This study indicated that LSS and lanosterol were localized in the lens of human ARC, including ARCC, ARNC, and ARPSC. LSS and lanosterol level are only correlated with opaque degree of ARCC. Furthermore, activated LSS pathway in lens is protective for lens transparency in cortical cataract.



1979 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 689-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.O. Creighton ◽  
J.R. Trevithick




1949 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
C. L. ANDERSON


2021 ◽  
pp. 1191-1191
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Author(s):  
Huiqi Li ◽  
Liling Ko ◽  
Joo Hwee Lim ◽  
Jiang Liu ◽  
Damon Wing Kee Wong ◽  
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2010 ◽  
pp. 532-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Michael
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2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Charakidas ◽  
A. Kalogeraki ◽  
M. Tsilimbaris ◽  
P. Koukoulomatis ◽  
D. Brouzas ◽  
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Purpose To probe the presence of apoptosis in the epithelium of human lenses with age-related cortical cataract as well as to assess cell proliferation, a predicted consequence of apoptotic cell death, in this specific cell population. Methods DNA fragmentation was assessed using terminal digoxigenin-labeled dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) in capsulotomy specimens obtained from patients who underwent either extracapsular cataract extraction for the removal of adult-onset cortical cataract (n=27) or clear lens extraction for the correction of high myopia (n=25). Cell proliferation was assayed in 23 epithelia of cataractous lenses, and 20 epithelia of non-cataractous lenses with the proliferation marker MIB1, a monoclonal antibody against the nuclear antigen Ki-67 that is detected throughout the cell cycle but is absent in the resting (G0) cell. Results TUNEL staining was observed in 25 (92.6%) specimens of cataractous lenses, whereas cells undergoing apoptosis were identified in 2 (8%) of the epithelia from non-catarac-tous lenses. Only two MIB1-positive samples were detected, one of which was a capsule obtained during intracapsular cataract extraction. Conclusions The epithelium of human lenses with cortical cataract undergoes low rate apoptotic death. This limited epithelial apoptosis is unlikely to result in any significant cell density decrease since epithelial gaps are likely to be replaced by cell proliferation at the germinative zone of the anterior lens capsule. Nevertheless, the accumulation of small-scale epithelial losses during lifetime may induce alterations in lens fiber formation and homeostasis and result in loss of lens transparency.





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