The tunica vasculosa lentis is an extensive capillary network, spreading over the posterior and lateral surfaces of the lens of the eye. It disappears normally shortly after birth, through apoptosis.[1]
The structure was not studied properly and in detail until the 1960s, when new technologies developed to allow the preservation of the networks in fetuses.[2] The scanning electron microscope finally enabled researchers to see the network even in very small laboratory animals such as the mouse embryo.[3]
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- ^ Mitchell, Christopher A.; Risau, Werner; Drexler, Hannes C.A. (December 16, 1998). "Regression of vessels in the tunica vasculosa lentis is initiated by coordinated endothelial apoptosis: A role for vascular endothelial growth factor as a survival factor for endothelium". Developmental Dynamics. 213 (3): 322–333. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199811)213:3<322::AID-AJA8>3.0.CO;2-E. PMID 9825867. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ Mutlu, Firket; Leobard, Irving H. (1964). "The structure of fetal hyaloid system and tunica vasculosa lentis". Archives of Ophthalmology. 71 (1): 102–110. doi:10.1001/archopht.1964.00970010118019. PMID 14066026. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ Latker, Carole H; Kuwabara, Toichiro (1981). "Regression of the tunica vasculosa lentis in the postnatal rat". Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 21 (5): 689–699. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
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