Ciba Foundation Symposium 106 - Human Cataract Formation

Copyright © 1984 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium 106 - Human Cataract Formation

Editor(s): Jonathan Nugent, Julie Whelan

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780272797754

Online ISBN: 9780470720875

DOI: 10.1002/9780470720875

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–ix)

    2. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–2)

      A. Spector

    3. Chapter 2

      Classification of Human Cataractous Change by the American Cooperative Cataract Research Group Method (pages 3–24)

      Leo T. Chylack

    4. Chapter 3

      Epidemiological and Other Studies in the Assessment of Factors Contributing to Cataractogenesis (pages 25–47)

      R. M. Clayton, J. Cuthbert, J. Seth, C. I. Phillips, R. S. Bartholomew and J. Mck. Reid

    5. Chapter 4

      Oxidation and Cataract (pages 48–64)

      Abraham Spector

    6. Chapter 5

      Metabolism and Function of Glutathione in the Lens (pages 65–87)

      Venkatn. Reddy and Frank J. Giblin

    7. Chapter 6

      Cataracts and Photochemical Damage in the Lens (pages 88–109)

      Raymond F Borkman

    8. Chapter 7

      Diabetic and Galactosaemic Cataracts (pages 110–131)

      Peter F. Kador and Jin H. Kinoshita

    9. Chapter 8

      Calcium and the Physiology of Cataract (pages 132–162)

      George Duncan and Tim J. C. Jacob

    10. Chapter 9

      Cytoskeletal Proteins of the Ageing Human Lens (pages 163–176)

      Harry Maisel

    11. Chapter 10

      Interaction of Crystallins with the Cytoskeletal–Plasma Membrane Complex of the Bovine Lens (pages 177–190)

      Hans Bloemendal, Wilfried W. De Jong, Frans C. S. Ramaekers, Alphons J. M. Vermorken, Irene Dunia and E. Lucio Benedetti

    12. Chapter 11

      Crystallin Genes: Templates for Lens Transparency (pages 191–207)

      Joram Piatigorsky, John M. Nickerson, Charles R. King, George Inana, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, James W. Hawkins, Teresa Borras, Toshimichi Shinohara, Graeme Wistow and Barbara Norman

    13. Chapter 12

      The Crystallin Gene Families (pages 208–217)

      John G. G. Schoenmakers, Johan T. Den Dunnen, Rob J. M. Moormann, Rosalie Jongbloed, Rob W. Van Leen and Nicolette H. Lubsen

    14. Chapter 13

      The Molecular Structures and Interactions of Bovine and Human γ-Crystallins (pages 219–236)

      Lesley Summers, Christine Slingsby, Helen White, Michael Narebor, David Moss, Linda Miller, Daruka Mahadevan, Peter Lindley, Huub Driessen, Tom Blundell, Johan Den Dunnen, Rob Moormann, Rob Van Leen and John Schoenmakers

    15. Chapter 14

      The Molecular Basis of Cataract Formation (pages 237–247)

      George B. Benedek

    16. Chapter 15

      Non-Invasive Techniques in the Study of Cataract Development at the Metabolic and Protein Molecular Level (pages 248–274)

      William H. Garner

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      Index of Contributors (pages 275–276)

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      Subject Index (pages 277–284)

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