Mechanical response of wild-type and Alport murine lens capsules during osmotic swelling.

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The mechanical support of basement membranes, such as the lens capsule, is believed to arise from one of their main constituents - collagen IV. The basement membranes of the lens, kidney, and ear normally contain two different types of collagen IV networks, referred to as the major and minor chain networks. In Alport syndrome, a mutation in one of the minor chain COL4 genes leads to the absence of the minor chain...

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