[Pay attention to the study on the role of orbital fatty tissue in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy].
Increasing orbital fatty tissue volume and fatty cell number in patients with thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) can induce high orbital pressure, eyeball protrusion and visual acuity damage. Orbital fatty tissue as a new endocrine organ can secrete various fatty cell factors, growth factors and protein molecules. Some factors and protein molecules participate in the occurrence and progress of TAO. Therefore, we should pay high attention to study the important role of orbital fatty tissue in TAO.
Luo
Qing-li
QL
Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. luo-qingli@263.net
D000273:Adipose Tissue; D049970:Graves Ophthalmopathy; D006801:Humans; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology*