Antioxidant Defenses in the Human Eye: A Focus on Metallothioneins

• Autori principali: Ana Álvarez-Barrios (Autore), Lydia Álvarez (Autore), Montserrat García (Autore), Enol Artime (Autore), Rosario Pereiro (Autore), Héctor González-Iglesias (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: MDPI AG, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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The human eye, the highly specialized organ of vision, is greatly influenced by oxidants of endogenous and exogenous origin. Oxidative stress affects all structures of the human eye with special emphasis on the ocular surface, the lens, the retina and its retinal pigment epithelium, which are consid...