...Julia M. Marcantonio Ionic homeostasis is essential to lens clarity and the lens epithelium plays a large part in homeostasis, through vectorial transport. In most epithelia maintenance of vectorial function depends on the cytoskeleton. Capsule/epithelium preparations from human donor lenses have...

..., whereas only the latter were observed in chick RPE cells. These results indicate that in the general organization of the cytoskeleton and in the distribution of the extracellular matrix components, laminin and type IV collagen, colonies of human RPE cells are similar but not identical to colonies of chick...

... University School of Medicine, Detroit; bDepartment of Pediatrics. Henry Ford Hospital. Detroit. Mich.. USA Key Words. Lens Ankyrin Cytoskeleton Abstract. Ankyrin was identified in the human, bovine and chicken lens as a protein of molecular weight 216 kilodaltons. It is specifically extracted from...

...-crystallin, and (4) glycolytic enzymes occur in an organized array on actin filaments. 10 12 2009 Actin Cytoskeleton Crystallin Lens metabolism Nuclear magnetic resonance © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel 1988 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

... Cytoskeleton: An Ultrastructural Analysis M. Irela n d , H. M aisel and R. H. Bradley Department of Anatomy, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich. Key Words. Rabbit Lens Filaments Cytoskeleton Electron microscopy Abstract. Intermediate (10 nm) filaments are found in epithelial...

... to their initial shape after removal of CB. These results strongly suggest an important role of microfilaments in lens cell elongation at least in vitro . Lens cell culture Elongation Cytoskeleton Immunofluorescence Cytochalasin B © 1979 S. Karger AG, Basel 1979 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer...

... of cytoskeleton (microtubuli, actin) and osmotic swelling were also tested. Ingested FITC-labeled microparticles were found in phagosomes strongly associated which the cytoskeleton as they could not be easily moved by laser tweezer microscopy. Phagocytosis was observed predominately during dark intervals...

.... Vimentin Lens membrane Cytoskeleton Intermediate filament Cytokeratin Original Paper Ophthalmic Res 2003;35:8 11 DOI: 10.1159/000068194 Received: April 4, 2002 Accepted after revision: August 21, 2002 Identification of a Vimentin-Reactive Peptide Associated with Ocular Lens Membranes as Cytokeratin...