STUDIES ON HUMAN CATARACTS .3. STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN NUCLEAR CATARACTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE TURBIDITY

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20  (3) , 348-354
Abstract
Gross correlation coefficient between light-scattering intensity and the optical parameters obtained for 48 sections of 8 lenses with nuclear cataracts were evaluated. The structural elements within the lens fiber were identified. These gave rise to the optical parameters. The following 3 processes apparently contributed to nuclear cataractogenesis: syneretic process, increase in the concentration but not in the size of protein aggregates and association (entanglement) between aggregates and optically anisotropic cytoskeleton or membrane components that leads to a decrease in structural birefringence.