title: Cellular proliferation after experimental glaucoma filtration surgery.
abstract: We used light microscopic autoradiography to determine the time course of cellular incorporation of tritiated thymidine (a correlate of cell division) following glaucoma filtration surgery in seven eyes of four cynomolgus monkeys with experimental glaucoma. Incorporation of tritiated thymidine was detected as early as 24 hours postoperatively. Peak incorporation occurred five days postoperatively and had returned to baseline levels by day 11. Cells incorporating tritiated thymidine included keratocytes, episcleral cells, corneal and capillary endothelial cells, and conjunctival and corneal epithelial cells. Transmission electron microscopy was correlated with the autoradiographic results to demonstrate that fibroblasts were dividing on the corneoscleral margin. These findings have potential clinical implications for the use of antiproliferative agents after filtration surgery.
authors.affiliation: Glaucoma Service, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Jampel
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: McGuigan
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Dunkelberger
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: L'Hernault
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Quigley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002455:Cell Division; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003315:Cornea / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D005374:Filtration; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D012590:Sclera / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014316:Tritium; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D014316:Tritium; D013936:Thymidine