Absence of SPARC in lens epithelial cell
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Matt S. Weaver; E. Helene Sage; Qi Yan
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The matricellular protein SPARC (also known as osteonectin and BMβ40) is expressed abundantly in lens epithelium. That SPARCβnull mice exhibit early cataractogenesis, indicates a role for SPARC in the maintenance of lens transparency. Comparison of cultured wildβtype and SPARCβnull lens