title: The lens capsule.
abstract: The lens capsule is a modified basement membrane that completely surrounds the ocular lens. It is known that this extracellular matrix is important for both the structure and biomechanics of the lens in addition to providing informational cues to maintain lens cell phenotype. This review covers the development and structure of the lens capsule, lens diseases associated with mutations in extracellular matrix genes and the role of the capsule in lens function including those proposed for visual accommodation, selective permeability to infectious agents, and cell signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
authors.forename: Brian P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Danysh
authors.forename: Melinda K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D038081:Organogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins
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