title: In vitro sensitivity of human Tenon's capsule fibroblasts to mitomycin C and its correlation with outcome of glaucoma filtration surgery.
abstract: Dose-inhibition studies of proliferating fibroblasts grown from Tenon's capsule biopsy specimens obtained during trabeculectomy from 17 glaucoma patients were performed using varying concentrations of mitomycin C (MMC), with exposure of cells to the drug for either 5 days or 5 minutes. Surgical outcomes were determined 3 months postoperatively. Based on in vitro results, fibroblasts were classified as either MMC-"resistant" or MMC-"sensitive." Thirteen surgically successful cases were associated with 10 "sensitive" and three "resistant" fibroblasts; four surgical failures with one "sensitive" and three "resistant" fibroblasts. The in vitro studies were positively correlated with the clinical outcomes, the former correctly predicting the latter in 76.5% of the surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India.
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vijaya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neelakantan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D018463:Filtering Surgery; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016685:Mitomycin