Artikel ; Online: Animal model for in-vivo Nuclear Cataract. Lens hardness and elasticity assessment.
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
2024 Band 157, Seite(n) 106610
Abstract: Age-related cataract is the most frequent cause of blindness in the world being responsible for 48% of blindness and affecting more than 10% of the working population. Currently there is no objective data of the lens biomechanical properties so the ... ...
Abstract | Age-related cataract is the most frequent cause of blindness in the world being responsible for 48% of blindness and affecting more than 10% of the working population. Currently there is no objective data of the lens biomechanical properties so the process by which the cataract affects the lens's properties (e.g. hardness and elasticity) is still unclear. A modified animal model was produced to create different severities of nuclear cataract. Different doses of sodium selenite were injected in two different moments of the rat' eyes maturation resulting in 12, 13 and 11 rats with incipient, moderate and severe cataract, respectively. The nucleus and cortex's hardness and the stiffness were measured using NanoTest™. Statistically significant differences were found between healthy and cataractous lenses. Statistically significant differences were also found between the different nuclear cataract degrees (p = 0.016), showing that the lens' hardness increases with cataract formation. The nucleus shows a higher hardness increase with cataract formation (p = 0.049). The animal model used in this study allowed for the first time the characterization of the lens's hardness and elasticity in two regions of the lens, in healthy and cataractous lenses. |
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Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsdatum | 2024-06-02 |
Erscheinungsland | Netherlands |
Dokumenttyp | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2378381-3 |
ISSN | 1878-0180 ; 1751-6161 |
ISSN (online) | 1878-0180 |
ISSN | 1751-6161 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106610 |
Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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