Activation of Metallothioneins and α-Crystallin/sHSPs in Human Lens Epithelial Cells by Specific Metals and the Metal Content of Aging Clear Human Lenses - Hawse, John R.; Cumming, Jonathan R.; Oppermann, Brian; Sheets, Nancy L.; Reddy, Venkat N.; Kantorow, Marc (Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2003)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Aging - physiology; alpha-Crystallins - biosynthesis; alpha-Crystallins - genetics; Biological and medical sciences; Cadmium - pharmacology; Cells, Cultured; Copper - pharmacology; Epithelial Cells - chemistry; Epithelial Cells - drug effects; Epithelial Cells - metabolism; Heat-Shock Proteins - biosynthesis; Heat-Shock Proteins - genetics; Humans; Lens diseases; Lens, Crystalline - chemistry; Lens, Crystalline - drug effects; Lens, Crystalline - metabolism; Medical sciences; Metallothionein - biosynthesis; Metallothionein - genetics; Metals - analysis; Metals - pharmacology; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Zinc - pharmacology; Human; Cataract; Pathophysiology; Ageing; Metal; Eye disease; Toxicology; Lens disease; Heat shock protein; Epithelial cell; Poison; Lens; Anterior segment disease; Metallothionein