Effect of estrogen on lens epithelium in the albino rat.
Normally in the rats under the lens capsule there is a single layer of epithelial cells extending up to the equator. The effect of estrogen on the lens epithelium is that of atrophy which may be a factor in the development of lenticular opacity.
D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
D004967:Estrogens