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SUBMITTER: Higuchi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2847950 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Higuchi Akihiro A Takahashi Kazuhiko K Hirashima Masaki M Kawakita Tetsuya T Tsubota Kazuo K
PloS one 20100329 3
The ocular surface is always attacked by oxidative stress, and cornea epithelial cells are supposed to have their own recovery system against oxidative stress. Therefore we hypothesized that tears supply key molecules for preventing oxidative stress in cornea. The potential target key molecule we focused is selenoprotein P (SeP). SeP is a carrier of selenium, which is an essential trace element for many animals, for oxidative stress metabolism in the organism, and was extremely expressed in lacr ...[more]