title: Collagen and uronic acid distribution in the human sclera.
abstract: In the normal adult eye the content of uronic acid, hydroxyproline, hydroxylysine and proline from different parts of sclera was examined. Scleral samples from the posterior eyeball showed a higher content of uronic acid than the scleral samples from papilla, equator and limbus. Apart from a lower concentration of hydroxyproline in sclera from equator, no major differences in concentration of hydroxyproline, hydroxylysine or proline was found in sclera samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trier
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ammitzbøll
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012590:Sclera / Q000378:metabolism*; D014574:Uronic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014574:Uronic Acids; D003094:Collagen