The desire to develop artificial cells to imitate living cells in synthetic vesicle platforms has
continuously increased over the past few decades. In particular, heterogeneous synthetic …

In the human eye, a transparent cornea and lens combine to form the" refracton" to focus
images on the retina. This requires the refracton to have a high refractive index" n," mediated …

The perfluorooctane sulfonate alternative, F–53B, induces multiple physiological defects but
whether it can disrupt eye development is unknown. We exposed zebrafish to F–53B at four …

The aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of small integral membrane proteins that facilitate the
bidirectional transport of water across biological membranes in response to osmotic …

Life-long eye lens function requires an appropriate gradient refractive index, biomechanical
integrity and transparency. We conducted an extensive study of wild-type mouse lenses 1 …

High levels of reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) cause oxidative
stress in the lens and lead to cataractogenesis. The present investigation was undertaken to …

Fibrotic posterior capsular opacification (PCO), one of the major complications of cataract
surgery, occurs when lens epithelial cells (LCs) left behind post cataract surgery (PCS) …

The transparency and refractive properties of the lens are maintained by the cellular
physiology provided by an internal microcirculation system that utilizes spatial differences in …

Post-translational acylation of lysine side chains is a common mechanism of protein
regulation. Modification by long-chain fatty acyl groups is an understudied form of lysine …

In addition to aquaporin (AQP) classes AQP1, AQP4 and AQP9 known to be expressed in
mammalian brain, our recent transcriptomic analyses identified AQP0 and AQP11 in human …