Lens Capsule, Crystalline
"Lens Capsule, Crystalline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The thin noncellular outer covering of the CRYSTALLINE LENS composed mainly of COLLAGEN TYPE IV and GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS. It is secreted by the embryonic anterior and posterior epithelium. The embryonic posterior epithelium later disappears.
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D007903
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.060.500.155
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| Concept/Terms |
Lens Capsule, Crystalline- Lens Capsule, Crystalline
- Capsule, Crystalline Lens
- Capsules, Crystalline Lens
- Crystalline Lens Capsule
- Crystalline Lens Capsules
- Lens Capsules, Crystalline
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lens Capsule, Crystalline" by people in Profiles.
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Cenedella RJ, Sexton PS, Brako L, Lo WK, Jacob RF. Status of caveolin-1 in various membrane domains of the bovine lens. Exp Eye Res. 2007 Oct; 85(4):473-81.
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Wadehra M, Sulur GG, Braun J, Gordon LK, Goodglick L. Epithelial membrane protein-2 is expressed in discrete anatomical regions of the eye. Exp Mol Pathol. 2003 Apr; 74(2):106-12.