Rongzhu Cheng

Vitamin C mediates chemical aging of lens crystallins by the Maillard reaction in a humanized mouse model

Xingjun Fan, Lixing W. Reneker, Mark E. Obrenovich et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 118 citations

Ocular Disease, Biochemistry, Ophthalmology +15

Glycation by ascorbic acid oxidation products leads to the aggregation of lens proteins

Mikhail Linetsky, Ekaterina V. Shipova, Rongzhu Cheng et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · 2007 · 104 citations · Full text

Ocular Disease, Ophthalmology, Biochemistry +7

Similarity of the yellow chromophores isolated from human cataracts with those from ascorbic acid-modified calf lens proteins: evidence for ascorbic acid glycation during cataract formation

Rongzhu Cheng, Bin Lin, Kwang‐Won Lee et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · 2001 · 78 citations

Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, Ascorbic Acid Glycation +7

Structure Elucidation of a Novel Yellow Chromophore from Human Lens Protein

Rongzhu Cheng, Qi Feng, Ognyan K. Argirov et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2004 · 50 citations · Full text

Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry, Molecular Biology, Novel Yellow Chromophore +18

LC-MS display of the total modified amino acids in cataract lens proteins and in lens proteins glycated by ascorbic acid in vitro

Rongzhu Cheng, Qi Feng, B.J. Ortwerth · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · 2006 · 43 citations

Ascorbic Acid, Ocular Disease, Ophthalmology +7