Immunopathology of the Lens. III. The effect of experimental allergic uveitis on the cation balance in the lens.
Rabbit lenses from eyes suffering from experimental allergic uveitis showed a clear enhancement in the 86Rb efflux as compared to the lenses from the fellow normal eyes. Intracellular K+ was also significantly decreased and Na+ significantly increased after several relapses of inflammation.
D000818:Animals; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D014605:Uveitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium