Effects of Nd-Yag laser vitreolysis on lens and vitreous prostaglandins in the rabbit eye.
This study concerns the quantitative modifications of the prostaglandins, PGF alpha e PGE2, in the vitreous and in the lens following the application of Nd-Yag Laser. Five minutes after the Yag-laser treatment, an increase of PGF1 alpha concentration of PGE2 decreased in the lens and increased in the vitreous. These changes, similar to those occurring in the aqueous humor, may be related to the activation of specific enzymatic pathways of prostaglandin synthesis.
Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Medical School, Italy.
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A
Reibaldi
D
D
Spampinato
S
S
Cavaliere
E
E
Rapisarda
N
N
Cavallaro
P
P
Caruso
A
A
Dal Bello
F
F
Drago
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects
D011460:Prostaglandins F; D015232:Dinoprostone; C100006:prostaglandin F1