Development of the Ocular Lens
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Development of the Ocular Lens

Development of the Ocular Lens


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This book provides a comprehensive view of research in lens developmental biology, emphasising technical and molecular breakthroughs. Elucidation of the mechanisms that govern lens development has enabled us to understand how the normal lens forms and how developmental processes are involved in the maintenance of its normal structure, function and growth throughout life. This knowledge is fundamental to our understanding of many lens disorders. The ocular lens has also become a model for understanding the developmental biology of more complex organ systems. In this 2004 book, leading experts in lens cell biology and development discuss lens evolution, induction, morphology, the regulation of the lens cell cycle and fiber cell differentiation, as well as lens regeneration. This book is an authoritative treatment of the subject that will serve as a reference for graduate students and research scientists in developmental biology and in the visual sciences, as well as for ophthalmologists.

Table of Contents:
Part I. Early Lens Development: 1. The lens: historical and comparative perspectives Michael L. Robinson and Frank J. Lovicu; 2. Lens induction and determination Marilyn Fisher and Robert M. Grainger; 3. Transcription factors in early lens development Guy Goudreau, Nicole Andrejewski and Peter Gruss; Part II. The Lens: 4. The structure of the vertebrate lens Jer R. Kuszak and M. Joseph Costello; 5. Lens crystallins Melinda K. Duncan, Ales Cvekl, Marc Kantorow and Joram Piatigorsky; 6. Lens cell membranes Joerg Kistler, Reiner Eckert and Paul Donaldson; 7. Lens cell cytoskeleton Roy Quinlan and Alan Prescott; Part III. Lens Development and Growth: 8. Lens cell proliferation: the cell cycle Anne E. Griep and Pumin Zhang; 9. Lens fiber differentiation Steven Bassnett and David Beebe; 10. Role of matrix and cell adhesion molecules in lens differentiation A. Sue Menko and Janice L. Walker; 11. Growth factors in lens development Richard A. Lang and John W. McAvoy; 12. Lens regeneration Katia Del Rio-Tsonis and Goro Eguchi.

About the Author :
Frank J. Lovicu is a Senior Lecturer at the Save Sight Institute and in the Department of Anatomy and Histology, Institute for Biomedical Research, at the University of Sydney, Australia. He currently heads the Lens Research Laboratory in the Department of Anatomy & Histology, where he studies the role of growth factors in regulating normal and aberrant lens cell behavior. Michael L. Robinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University, USA. He also heads the Transgenic and Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility at Columbus Children's Research Institute. Dr Robinson's research is focused on the role of FGF receptor signaling during lens fiber cell differentiation.

Review :
"This volume is suitable and highly recommendable for all students and scientists in the eye field. the reference list is quite informative and I predict that this book will be a source of information for years to come." The Quarterly Review of Biology, Panagiotis A. Tsonis


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  • ISBN-13: 9780521838191
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 263 mm
  • No of Pages: 414
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 34 mm
  • Width: 183 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0521838193
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1067 gr


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