title: Acid phosphatase in eyes with pseudoexfoliation.
abstract: We studied the activity of acid phosphatase in the anterior segment of the eye with pseudoexfoliation histochemically and biochemically. Light and electron microscopic histochemistry revealed lead precipitates indicating acid phosphatase activity in pseudoexfoliative materials. Biochemical assay for acid phosphatase was significantly higher in the aqueous humor of eyes with pseudoexfoliation than in that of cataractous eyes without pseudoexfoliation.
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis*; D000368:Aged; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000201:enzymology; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000201:enzymology; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000201:enzymology*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000135:Acid Phosphatase