Development of the ocular lens / edited by Frank J. Lovicu, Michael L. Robinson.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Lens / Michael L. Robinson and Frank J. Lovicu -- Lens induction and determination / Marilyn Fisher and Robert M. Grainger -- Transcription factors in early lens development / Guy Goudreau, Nicole Baumer, and Peter Gruss -- Structure of the vertebrate lens / Jer R. Kuszak and M. Joseph Costello -- Lens crystallins / Melinda K. Duncan [and others] -- Lens cell membranes / Joerg Kistler, Reiner Eckert, and Paul Donaldson -- Lens cell cytoskeleton / Roy Quinlan and Alan Prescott -- Lens cell proliferation / Anne E. Griep and Pumin Zhang -- Lens fiber differentiation / Steven Bassnett and David Beebe -- Role of matrix and cell adhesion molecules in lens differentiation / A. Sue Menko and Janice L. Walker -- Growth factors in lens development / Richard A. Lang and John W. Mcavoy -- Lens regeneration / Katia Del Rio-Tsonis and Goro Eguchi.

This book provides a comprehensive view of research in lens developmental biology, emphasising technical and molecular breakthroughs. Elucidation of the mechanisms that govern lens development has enabled us to understand how the normal lens forms and how developmental processes are involved in the maintenance of its normal structure, function and growth throughout life. This knowledge is fundamental to our understanding of many lens disorders. The ocular lens has also become a model for understanding the developmental biology of more complex organ systems. In this 2004 book, leading experts in lens cell biology and development discuss lens evolution, induction, morphology, the regulation of the lens cell cycle and fiber cell differentiation, as well as lens regeneration. This book is an authoritative treatment of the subject that will serve as a reference for graduate students and research scientists in developmental biology and in the visual sciences, as well as for ophthalmologists.