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Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica
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4/2009
vol. 111
 
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Review paper

Pathogenesis of posterior capsule opacification in pseudophakia

Agnieszka Łukaszewska-Smyk
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Józef Kałużny
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  1. Klinikia Chorób Oczu Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Klinika Oczna 2009, 111 (4): 369-374
Online publish date: 2009/12/19
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The lens epithelial cells of A and E type are involved in pathogenesis of posterior capsule opacification (PCO). They undergo metaplasia into microfibroblasts, then migrate towards posterior capsule where they proliferate and form opacification. These processes are stimulated by cytokines and interleukines. The extracellular matrix which constitutes a scaffold for migration and attachment of epithelial cells plays an important role in PCO formation. Integrines intercede in this process.
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posterior capsule opacification, lens epithelial cells, extracellular matrix, cytokines, interleukines, integrines

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