简介:Mostoftheoculartumorshavepoorprognosis,andtheyremainadifficultproblemintheareaofophthalmology.Withtherapiddevelopmentofmolecularbiologyandimmunologictechniquesandthedeepresearchonoculartumorrelatedgenes,itbecomespossibletodiagnoseandtreatmalignanttumorsfromthemolecularlevel.Thetumornecrosisfactorrelatedapoptosis-inducingligand(TRAIL),amemberofthetumornecrosisfactor(TNF)superfamily,isapromisingcandidate,eitheraloneorincombinationwithestablishedcancertherapies,sinceitcaninitiateapoptosisthroughtheactivationoftheirdeathreceptors.TheabilityofTRAILtoselectivelyinduceapoptosisoftransformed,virus-infectedortumorcellsbutnotnormalcellspromotesthedevelopmentofTRAIL-basedcancertherapy.Here,wewillreviewTRAILanditsreceptors’structure,function,mechanismofactionandapplicationinoculartumorstherapy.
简介:AIM:ToexplorethemolecularmechanismsinlensdevelopmentandthepathogenesisofPetersanomalyinSmad4defectivemice.METHODS:Le-CretransgenicmouselinewasemployedtoinactivateSmad4inthesurfaceectodermselectively.PathologicaltechniqueswereusedtorevealthemorphologicalchangesoftheanteriorsegmentinSmad4defectiveeye.ImmunohistochemicalstainingwasemployedtoobservetheexpressionofE-cadherin,Ncadherinanda-SMAinanteriorsegmentofSmad4defectivemiceandcontrolmiceatembryonic(E)day16.5.Real-timequantitativepolymerasechainreaction(qPCR)wasperformedtodetecttheexpressionofSnail,Zeb1,Zeb2andTwist2inlensofSmad4defectivemiceandcontrolmiceatE16.5.RESULTS:ConditionaldeletionofSmad4oneyesurfaceectodermresultedincorneaidysplasia,iridocornealangleclosure,corneolenticularadhesionsandcataractresemblingPetersanomaly.LossofSmad4functioninhibitedE-cadherinexpressioninthelensepitheliumcellsandcorneaiepitheliumcellsinSmad4defectiveeye.ExpressionofN-cadherinwasupregulatedincorneaiepitheliumandcorneaistroma.BothE-cadherinandN-cadherinweredown-regulatedatthefuturetrabecularmeshworkregioninmutanteye.TheqPCRresultsshowedthattheexpressionofTwist2wasincreasedsignificantlyinthemutantlens(P<0.01).CONCLUSION:Smad4isessentialtoeyedevelopmentandlikelyacandidatepathogenicgenetoPetersanomalybyregulatingepithelial-mesenchymaltransition.Twist2canberegulatedbySmad4andplaysanessentialroleinlensdevelopment.
简介:AIM:Tostudyclinicalfeaturesandgenemutationswithinthepaired-likehomeodomaintranscriptionfactor2(PITX2)geneinapedigreeofbilaterallimbaldermoids.METHODS:Completeeyeexaminationshavebeenperformedoneachindividualofthefamily.Exonsofpaired-likehomeodomaintranscriptionfactor2(PITX2)wereamplifiedbypolymerasechainreaction,sequenced,andcomparedwithareferencedatabase.RESULTS:Wedescribedthephenotype,clinicfindingsinafamilywithtwoaffectedmembers.Themassesoftheproband’seyeswereexcisedsurgicallydemonstratingadermoidcystbyhistopathologicalexamination.NomutationwasdetectedinthegenePITX2inthispedigree.CONCLUSION:Afamilyoflimbaldermoidcystwasreported.Inaddition,nopathogenicsequencevariationswerefoundinPITX2,indicatingthatthisphenotypeinthisfamilyisadistinctiveentity.
简介:目的:探讨眼眶IgG4相关疾病(IgG4-RD)的临床病理特点。方法:收集整理23例35眼眼眶IgG4-RD患者的临床病理资料,对其进行组织学和免疫组织化学观察,总结其临床和病理特点。结果:眼眶IgG4-RD患者23例35眼,其中男8例9眼,女15例26眼,年龄28-72(平均52.1)岁。19例30眼来源于泪腺,4例5眼来源于眶内其他部位。以泪腺区肿胀或眼球突出就诊。单侧11例,双侧12例。病程1mo-10a,平均27mo。1例1眼6mo后复发。大体:灰白色结节状肿物,泪腺表面有很薄的纤维膜包绕。组织学特点:泪腺腺泡、导管组织严重萎缩甚至消失,被大量密集的淋巴细胞、浆细胞及淋巴滤泡替代,伴有不同程度的纤维化。免疫组织化学染色:23例35眼IgG4阳性浆细胞均〉50个/HPF,IgG4/IgG阳性浆细胞比值〉40%。结论:眼眶IgG4-RD主要发生于泪腺组织,通过组织学特点和免疫组织化学IgG4的表达可明确诊断。IgG4-RD应早期筛查、预防和治疗。
简介:AIM:Tocomparethespeedofvisualrecoveryfollowingmyopicthin-flapLASIKwithfourfemtosecondlasers.METHODS:Eighty-eighteyesof46patientswhowereconsecutivelyscheduledforbilateralLASIKwiththeIntraLaseFS60(Group1),FemtoLDVCrystalLine(Group2),WavelightFS200(Group3)andVisuMax(Group4)femtosecondlaserswereenrolledin.Monocularuncorrecteddistancevisualacuity(UDVA),best-correcteddistantvisualacuity(CDVA),refraction,contrastsensitivityandhigher-orderaberrations(HOAs)wereevaluatedat1,3d,1wkand1mopostoperatively.RESULTS:Sixteeneyes(72.7%)achieved20/16and8eyes(36.4%)were20/12.5at1dinGroup2,whichwassignificantlymorethanother3groups.At1wk,20eyes(90.9%)achieved20/16inGroups2and4.At1mo,20eyes(90.9%)achieved20/16inGroup2andGroup4,whichweresignificantlymorethanothertwogroups.Whileby1mo,thedifferenceoftheresidualsphericalequivalent(SE)wasnotstatisticallysignificantamong4groups(P=0.121).Theinductionofsphericalaberration(SA)weresignificantlylessforGroups2,3,4thanforGroup1onedayaftersurgery(P=0.015).Thedifferencesamong4groupswerenotstatisticallysignificantbeforeandaftersurgeryoneverytimepoints(allP>0.05).CONCLUSION:Thethin-flapLASIKprocedureusingtheFemtoLDVCrystalLineandVisuMaxfemtosecondlasershowfastervisualperformancerecovery.