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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Biophys J. 2014 Dec 14;44(0):91–102. doi: 10.1007/s00249-014-1004-7

Table 1.

Oxygen transport parameter and NiEDDA accessibility parameter measured with ASL and CSL in domains of the clear and cataractous human lens-lipid membrane at 37 °C

Oxygen transport parameter
NiEDDA accessibility parameter
ASL (μs–1) CSL (μs–1) ASL (μs–1) CSL (μs–1)
Clear lens
    Phospholipid–cholesterol domain in cortical membrane 2.95 0.44 0.003 0.37
    Cholesterol bilayer domain in cortical membrane 0.60 0.44 0.003 1.92
    Phospholipid–cholesterol domain in nuclear membrane 3.14 0.37 0.004 0.34
    Cholesterol bilayer domain in nuclear membrane 0.52 0.37 0.004 1.83
Cataractous lens
    Phospholipid–cholesterol domain in cortical membrane 3.40 0.43 0.005 0.33
    Cholesterol bilayer domain in cortical membrane 1.32 0.43 0.005 1.48
    Phospholipid–cholesterol domain in nuclear membrane 3.11 0.43 0.003 0.35
    Cholesterol bilayer domain in nuclear membrane 0.68 0.43 0.003 1.77