简介：AIM:ToscreenmicroRNAs（miRNAs）andsetuptargetmiRNAsinpterygium.METHODS:PrimaryfibroblastswereisolatedfrompterygiumandTenon’scapsuleandcultured.ImmunocytochemicalanalysisandWesternblottingwereperformedtoconfirmthecultureoffibroblasts.Inall,1733miRNAswerescreenedinthefirststepbyusingGeneChip?miRNA3.0Array.SpecificmiRNAsinvolvedinthepathogenesisofpterygiumweresubsequentlydeterminedusingthefollowingcriteria:1)highreproducibilityinarepetitivetest;2)baselogvalueof>7.0forbothcontrolandpterygialfibroblasts;and3)logratioof>1.0betweenpterygialfibroblastsandcontrolfibroblasts.RESULTS:Primaryscreeningshowedthat887/1733miRNAswereup-regulatedand846/1733miRNAsweredown-regulatedinpterygialfibroblastscomparedwiththoseincontrolfibroblasts.Ofthe1733miRNAsscreened,4miRNAs,namely,miRNA-143a-3p,miRNA-181a-2-3p,miRNA-377-5pandmiRNA-411a-5p,mettheabove-mentionedcriteria.Primaryscreeningshowedthatthese4miRNAswereup-regulatedinpterygialfibroblastscomparedwithcontrolfibroblastsandthatmiRNA-143a-3phadthehighestmeanratiocomparedwiththemiRNAsincontrolfibroblasts.CONCLUSION:miRNA-143a-3p,miRNA-181a-2-3p,miRNA-377-5pandmiRNA-411a-5pareup-regulatedinpterygialfibroblastscomparedwithcontrolfibroblasts,suggestingtheirinvolvementinthepathogenesisofpterygium.

简介：AIM:Tostudytheassociationsbetweenlysyloxidaselike1(LOXL1)polymorphismsandprimaryopenangleglaucoma(POAG)remaininconsistent.Inthisstudy,wehaveperformedameta-analysistoinvestigatetheassociationofLOXL1polymorphismswithPOAGrisk.METHODS:PublishedliteraturefromPubMedandotherdatabaseswereretrieved.AllstudiesevaluatingtheassociationbetweenLOXL1polymorphisms(rs2165241,rs1048661,rs3825942)andPOAGriskwereincluded.Pooledoddsratio(OR)and95%confidenceinterval(CI)werecalculatedusingrandom-orfixed-effectsmodel.RESULTS:Twelvestudieswereidentifiedaseligiblearticles,withthirteen(2098casesand16473controls),thirteen(1795casesand2916controls)andsixteenpopulationcohorts(2456casesand2846controls)fortheassociationofrs2165241,rs1048661andrs3825942withPOAGriskrespectively.OverallanalysesshowednoassociationbetweeneachLOXL1polymorphismandPOAGrisk,andthenegativeassociationswereremainedwhenthesubjectswerestratifiedasCaucasianandAsian.Theheterozygoteofrs2165241wasassociatedwithreducedPOAGriskinhospital-basedpopulations(TCvsCC:OR,0.79,95%CI:0.63-0.99),andrs1048661wasassociatedwithincreasedPOAGriskinhospitalbasedpopulationsinadominantmodel(TTvsCC+CT:OR,1.23,95%CI:1.01-1.50);however,theseassociationswerenotfoundinpopulation-basedsubjects.CONCLUSION:Thismeta-analysissuggeststhatLOXL1polymorphismsarenotassociatedwithPOAGrisk.Giventhelimitedsamplesize,theassociationsofLOXL1polymorphismswithPOAGriskinhospital-basedpopulationsawaitfurtherinvestigation.