Mercury-induced aggregation of human lens γ-crystallins reveals a potential role in cataract disease

Abstract Cataract disease results from non-amyloid aggregation of eye lens proteins and is the leading cause of blindness in the world. A variety of studies have implicated both essential and xenobiotic metals as potential etiological agents in cataract disease. Essential metal ions,...

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Main Authors: Domínguez-Calva, J. A, Pérez-Vázquez, M. L, Serebryany, E., King, J. A, Quintanar, L.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131298