Effect of long-wave ultraviolet light on the lens. I. Model systems for detecting and measuring effect on the lens in vitro
Journal Article
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· Invest. Ophthalmol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7120470
Rat, mouse, and chick lenses incubated with 3-aminotriazole under long-wave ultraviolet (UV) show reduced accumulation and incorporation of leucine and a loss of glutathione. The effect on leucine incorporation is strikingly enhanced when capsule-epithelium pools are incubated. The procedure may identify photosensitizers or metabolic inhibitors which are cataractogenic when acting in conjunction with UV.
- Research Organization:
- Emory Univ., Atlanta
- OSTI ID:
- 7120470
- Journal Information:
- Invest. Ophthalmol.; (United States), Journal Name: Invest. Ophthalmol.; (United States) Vol. 15:5; ISSN INOPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BIRDS
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