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17350767

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Zonular fibers (ZF) play an important role in accommodation. With the rapid increase over the last decade of the oldest part of the population in industrialized countries, age-dependent loss of accommodation became an increasingly important problem. It appeared therefore interesting to review old and recent literature on ZF, their composition, structure and pathological alterations. By comparing former and recent reports it appeared to us, that several previous reports were not sufficiently taken in consideration for the understanding of the rheological properties of ZF. Elastin and proteoglycans-glycosaminoglycans were reported previously as constituents of ZF. Their presence besides fibrillin, the major constituent, helps to explain the rheological properties of these fibers, and especially their elasticity and its age- and pathology-dependent decline. Our review points also to some of the major problems, which remain to be addressed by future experiments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0369-8114
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
347-59
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Zonular fibers, multimolecular composition as related to function (elasticity) and pathology.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of ophthalmology, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, University Paris-V, 1, place du Parvis-Notre-Dame, 75181 Paris cedex 04, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Historical Article