title: Cellular fibronectin on intraocular lenses explanted from patients.
abstract: We investigated the origin of fibronectin (FN) on five posterior and four anterior chamber explanted intraocular lenses (IOLs) using immunohistochemical methods. Cellular deposits (assumed to be macrophages) and fibrous or membrane-like proteinaceous deposits on the IOLs showed immunoreactivity to an antibody against cellular FN. These proteinaceous deposits were believed to be products of the cells that adhered to the IOLs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saika
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobata
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosomi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohmi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uenoyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins