... (1999)Dementia, gliosis and expression of the small heat Y. Sun and T. H. MacRae Small heat shock proteins and diseaseFEBS Journal 272 (2005) 2613–2627 ª 2005 FEBS 2625 shock proteins Hsp27 and [alpha]B-crystallin ... lens and guard against ischemic and reper-fusion injury due to heart attack and stroke. On the other hand, mutatedsHSPs are implicated in diseases such as desmin-related myopathy and theyhave ... opacities,as does the R116C mutation. However, in contrast to R116C aA-crystallin, the R49C variant localizes to the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm, superficially suggestinga relationship to neurodegenerative...