Cataract is the single largest contributor to blindness in the world,with the disease having a strong genetic component.In recent years the Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases has been identified as a key regulato...Cataract is the single largest contributor to blindness in the world,with the disease having a strong genetic component.In recent years the Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases has been identified as a key regulator in lens clarity.In this review we discuss the roles of the Eph receptors in lens biology and cataract development.展开更多
文摘Cataract is the single largest contributor to blindness in the world,with the disease having a strong genetic component.In recent years the Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases has been identified as a key regulator in lens clarity.In this review we discuss the roles of the Eph receptors in lens biology and cataract development.