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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Language: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2021
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131298 |