The crystalline lens is a transparent and refractive biconvex structure formed by lens
epithelial cells (LECs) and lens fibers. Lens opacity, also known as cataracts, is the leading …

The Shumiya cataract rat (SCR) is a hereditary cataractous strain. It is thought that the
continuous occurrence of poorly differentiated epithelial cells at the bow area of the lens …

An adult lens contains two easily discernible, morphologically distinct compartments, the
epithelium and the fiber-cell mass. The fiber-cell mass provides the lens with its functional …

The paradigm that cataracts are irreversible and that vision from cataracts can only be
restored through surgery has recently been challenged by reports that oxysterols such as …

Purpose: To study the possible mechanisms of cataractogenesis by evaluating the
characteristics of cataractous lens epithelial cells (LECs) in different types of human cataract …

In humans, the lens is the organ with the ability to change morphology and refractive power,
designated as accommodation, to focus light from various distances and obtain clear retinal …

Lens cells originate from the head ectoderm and differentiate into an avascular organ
constituted from two contiguous cell subpopulations of very different morphology. Lens cells …

Crystalline lenses are often simply described as inside-out stratified epithelial-like organs
composed of uniform (hexagonal cross-section profiles) crescent-like cells, arranged end-to …

The factors that regulate the size of organs to ensure that they fit within an organism are not
well understood. A simple organ, the ocular lens serves as a useful model with which to …

Purpose: It has been shown that after extracapsular lens removal by anterior capsulotomy in
the mouse, the lens can be regenerated. However, as the capsular bag is filled with fibers …