摘要
Purpose: To discuss the potential effect of the lens epithelial cell proliferation inage-related cataract.Methods: In vitro cell proliferation was assayed by MTT method to evaluate the lensepithelial cell density, index, and proliferation capacity in normal lens and all kinds ofage-related cataract. Capsulotomy specimens from all kinds of patients who underwentcataract phacoemulsification extraction surgery were compared with the lens epithelialspecimens from non-cataract lenses of Eye Bank eyes.Results:Lens epithelial cell density of central anterior capsule(LECD) in female normallens was higher than that in male, LECD in nuclear cataract (> NⅢ) was higher thanthat in normal lens, but in the mature cortical cataract, LECD was lower. Mitotic indexof three kinds of age-related cataracts in vivo had no statistical difference, neither didcell proliferation capacity of cultivated cells in vitro.Conclusion: The individual difference of lens epithelial cell density and proliferationcapacity in vivo may be
Purpose: To discuss the potential effect of the lens epithelial cell proliferation inage-related cataract.Methods: In vitro cell proliferation was assayed by MTT method to evaluate the lensepithelial cell density, index, and proliferation capacity in normal lens and all kinds ofage-related cataract. Capsulotomy specimens from all kinds of patients who underwentcataract phacoemulsification extraction surgery were compared with the lens epithelialspecimens from non-cataract lenses of Eye Bank eyes.Results:Lens epithelial cell density of central anterior capsule(LECD) in female normallens was higher than that in male, LECD in nuclear cataract (> NⅢ) was higher thanthat in normal lens, but in the mature cortical cataract, LECD was lower. Mitotic indexof three kinds of age-related cataracts in vivo had no statistical difference, neither didcell proliferation capacity of cultivated cells in vitro.Conclusion: The individual difference of lens epithelial cell density and proliferationcapacity in vivo may be an important underlying cause for senile cataract in the cellularlevel, especially for nuclear cataract. Eye Science 2000; 16: 184-188.
出处
《眼科学报》
2000年第3期184-188,共5页
Eye Science
