Membrane cholesterol and phospholipid in consecutive concentric sections of human lenses.

Lens membrane preparations have been shown to have a remarkable rigidity which increases in the inner nuclear region of the lens and has been correlated with the cholesterol (C)/phospholipid (PL) ratio. However, the distribution of these lipids in single lenses had not been determined. Utilizing a n...

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Main Authors: L K Li, L So, A Spector
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1985-05-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520343479