Ray Peat: Cataracts: water, energy, light, and aging

Water, volume, and ordered structure

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Sugar, magnesium, and cataract chemistry

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Light, hypoxia, and lens metabolism

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Lens structure, capsule, and aging

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4. Irradiation of the rabbit cornea with UVB rays stimulates the expression of nitric oxide synthases-generated nitric oxide and the formation of cytotoxic nitrogen-related oxidantsHistol Histopathol · 2005 · PMID 15736051
5. The lens as a model for fibrotic diseasePhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci · 2011 · PMID 21402588
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7. Effects of phospholine iodide on the metabolites of the glycolytic, pentose phosphate and sorbitol pathways in the rabbit lensActa Ophthalmol (Copenh) · 1976 · PMID 8948
8. Atropine inhibition of echothiophate cataractogenesis in monkeysArch Ophthalmol · 1977 · PMID 406884
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11. A reassessment of protein synthesis by lens nuclear fiber cellsExp Eye Res · 1992 · PMID 1623967
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14. High hurdle of clinical trials to demonstrate efficacy of anticataractogenic drugsOphthalmologica · 2000 · PMID 11053998
15. Expression of autofluorescent proteins reveals a novel protein permeable pathway between cells in the lens coreJ Cell Sci · 2000 · PMID 10806102
16. Spread of discrete structural changes in synthetic polyanionic gel: a model of propagation of a nerve impulseJ Theor Biol · 2002 · PMID 12384052

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