ReviewProgress in retinal and eye research2017
The lens growth process.
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93 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.
- Influence of Refractive Index of the Crystalline Lens on Optical Biometric Measurements.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Article
- Influence of Refractive Index of the Crystalline Lens on Optical Biometric Measurements for Cataract Patients.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Crystalline Lens Tilts Less With Higher Myopia in Children With Limited Age-Related Effect.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Article
- Mapping of CELF1-RNA interactions reveals post-transcriptional control of lens development.NAR molecular medicine · 2026Article
- The Mammalian Ocular Lens in Focus: Development, Anatomy, Physiology, Transparency, Biomechanics, and Age-related Challenges.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2026Review
- Loss of cyclase-associated protein 2 alters actin cytoskeleton organization and biomechanical properties of the ocular lens.Journal of cell science · 2026Article
- Aging of Nonhuman Primate Eyes Is Sexually Dimorphic.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Structure and function of mouse lens suture examined by 2-photon fluorescence microscopic imaging.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Lens aging and disease: Molecular mechanisms, functional consequences, and pharmacological implications.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2026Review
- Mapping of CELF1-RNA interactions reveals post-transcriptional control of lens development.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The Structural Order of Crystallin Proteins During Early Human Lens Development.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Lens epithelial cells senescence in cataract pathogenesis and emerging therapeutic opportunities.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Global challenges for lens and cataract research.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Integrated analysis of single-cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq in lens epithelial cells: Unveiling the role of ATF6 as a key transcription factor.Genes & diseases · 2025Article
- Cyclase associated actin cytoskeleton regulatory protein 2 (CAP2) organizes the actin cytoskeleton to influence the biomechanical properties of the ocular lens.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Studies on Hydrostatic Pressure Responses to Piezo1 and TRPV4 in the Mouse Lens.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Nonmuscle myosin IIA (NMIIA) regulates anisotropic cell tension to maintain the hexagonal packing of mouse lens meridional row cells.Molecular biology of the cell · 2025Article
- Periaxin gene variants are linked to age-related cataracts in Cx46 deficient lenses.Communications biology · 2025Article
- PGC1A Restores Mitochondrial Health to Attenuate EMT During Lens Epithelial Fibrosis via Regulating TFAM.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Biomechanical contributions to murine lens shape: Confinement, compaction, and residual stresses.Experimental eye research · 2025Article
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Abstract
The factors that regulate the size of organs to ensure that they fit within an organism are not well understood. A simple organ, the ocular lens serves as a useful model with which to tackle this problem. In many systems, considerable variance in the organ growth process is tolerable. This is almost certainly not the case in the lens, which in addition to fitting comfortably within the eyeball, must also be of the correct size and shape to focus light sharply onto the retina. Furthermore, the lens does not perform its optical function in isolation. Its growth, which continues throughout life, must therefore be coordinated with that of other tissues in the optical train. Here, we review the lens growth process in detail, from pioneering clinical investigations in the late nineteenth century to insights gleaned more recently in the course of cell and molecular studies. During embryonic development, the lens forms from an invagination of surface ectoderm. Consequently, the progenitor cell population is located at its surface and differentiated cells are confined to the interior. The interactions that regulate cell fate thus occur within the obligate ellipsoidal geometry of the lens. In this context, mathematical models are particularly appropriate tools with which to examine the growth process. In addition to identifying key growth determinants, such models constitute a framework for integrating cell biological and optical data, helping clarify the relationship between gene expression in the lens and image quality at the retinal plane.
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