简介:·AIM:ToexploretheimmunomodulatoryeffectsofcurdlanoninnateimmuneresponsesagainstAspergillusfumigatus(A.fumigatus)inculturedhumancornealepithelialcells(HCECs),andwhetherC-typelectinreceptorDectin-1mediatestheimmunomodulatoryeffectsofcurdlan.·METHODS:TheHCECswerestimulatedbycurdlanindifferentconcentrations(50,100,200,400μg/mL)forvarioustime.ThenHCECspretreatedwithorwithoutlaminarin(Dectin-1blocker,0.3mg/mL)andcurdlanwerestimulatedbyA.fumigatushyphae.ThemRNAandproteinproductionoftumornecrosisfactor-α(TNF-α)andinterleukin-6(IL-6)weredeterminedbyreal-timequantitativepolymerasechainreactionandenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay,respectively.TheproteinlevelofDectin-1wasmeasuredbyWesternblot.·RESULTS:CurdlanstimulatedmRNAexpressionofTNF-αandIL-6inadoseandtimedependentmannerinHCECs.CurdlanpretreatmentbeforeA.fumigatushyphaestimulationsignificantlyenhancedtheexpressionofTNF-αandIL-6atmRNAandproteinlevelscomparedwithA.fumigatushyphaestimulationgroup(P<0.05).BothcurdlanandA.fumigatushyphaeup-regulatedDectin-1proteinexpressioninHCECs,andDectin-1expressionwaselevatedto1.5-to2-foldbycurdlanpretreatmentfollowedhyphaestimulation.TheDectin-1blockerlaminarinsuppressedthemRNAexpressionandproteinproductionofTNF-αandIL-6inducedbycurdlanandhyphae(P<0.05).·CONCLUSION:ThesefindingsdemonstratedthatcurdlanpretreatmentenhancedtheinflammatoryresponseinducedbyA.fumigatushyphaeinHCECs.Dectin-1isessentialfortheimmunomodulatoryeffectsofcurdlan.Curdlanmayhavehighclinicalapplicationvaluesinfungalkeratitistreatment.
简介:·AIM:Toobtainwideningofapotentiallyoccludableangle,inaccordingtoKanski’sindications,throughpreventiveNd:Yaglaseriridotomy.Theobservationalstudywasperformedbyusinggonioscopyfortheselectionandfollow-upof1165treatedeyesandexploitingShaffer-Etiennegonioscopicclassificationasaquality/quantitytestoftheanglerecession.·METHODS:BetweenSeptember2000andJuly2012,586patientswereselectedattheOutpatients’OphthalmologicalClinicofthePoliclinicoUmbertoIofRomeinordertoundergoNd:Yaglaseriridotomy.AGoldmanntypecontactlens,Q-switchedmode,2-3defocus,and7-9mJintensitywith2-3impulsedischargeswereusedforsurgery.·RESULTS:Fromasearlyasthefirstweek,awhole360°anglewideningwereevidentinthepatients,thusshowingthesuccessofNd:Yaglaseriridotomyinsolvingrelativepupilblock.Theangleremainednarrowby270°in14eyesonly,despiterepetitionsoffurthertreatmentwithlaseriridotomyinadifferentpartoftheiris,twicein10eyesandthreetimesin4eyes.·CONCLUSION:Nd:YaglaseriridotomyrevealeditselfasbeingasafeandeffectivetreatmentinwideningthosecriticalShaffer-Etiennegrade1and2potentiallyoccludableangles.