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Estrogen Protects Lenses against Cataract Induced by Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ)

Cataract, already a major cause of visual impairment and blindness, is likely to become an increasing problem as the world population ages. In a previous study, we showed that transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) induces rat lenses in culture to develop opacities and other changes that have many feat...

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Autores principales: Hales, Angela M., Chamberlain, Coral G., Murphy, Christopher R., McAvoy, John W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2196117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9016876