... isolated from the donor no later than 8 h post mortem and shipped on dry ice. Human lens work was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The lenses were classified as normal or cataract lenses by the eye bank. All lenses received were stored at −80°C until use. Four human lenses were...

... Society 2008 αA-crystallin argpyrimidine chaperone client protein aggregation human lens hydroimidazolone The main constituents of the mammalian lens are crystallins, namely α-, β- and γ-crystallins. αA-Crystallin is the major crystallin, accounting for nearly 50% of proteins...