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Objective To explore the prevalence of age-related eye diseases (AREDs) among people aged 70 years or above in Hangzhou and evaluate the impact of AREDs on visual function (VF) and visual-related quality of life (QOL) in elders.Methods This study involved a total 2 111 elderly people (≥70 years).All participants received visual acuity and comprehensive eye examinations and complete VF and QoL questionnaires.Results The main cause of visual impairment was AREDs.And the causes were age-related cataract (79.82％),AMD (45.64％),glaucoma (10.95％) and diabetic retinopathy (DR,7.30％).VF and QoL scores declined gradually with age.And the scores declined more rapidly with declined visual acuity among the elders.VF and QoL scores in patients with age-related cataract,AMD,glaucoma and DR were successively lower.After adjusting for age,gender and visual acuity,the elders with AREDs had lower scores across all domains of VF and QoL.Scores for subscales of VF and QoL domains were significantly lower among those with DR and glaucoma compared with those with age-related cataract and AMD.Conclusion Age,presenting vision and AREDs are associated with VF and QoL in this elderly population.And senile people with glaucoma and DR have severe declines in VF and QoL,independent of presenting visual acuity.
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Objective To investigate the effect of subretinalfluid (SRF) with different grades of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) onｂcl-2 oncoprotein expression in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and fib roblast (FB)．Methods Using immunohistologicalstain ingtechniｑue and Westernblotting method to detect the expression of ｂcl-2 protein in RPE cells and FB under the stimulation of SRF．Res u ltsThe expression levels of ｂcl-2 increased in both types oｆcells to a certain extent compared with those of the control group 4 hours afterthe cells subjected to SRF； 36 hours later, the expression levels of ｂcl-2 o f experimental groups decreased more quickly thanthose of the controlgroup， and the controlgroup showed relatively higher ｂcl-2 protein levels at the end of observation． Conclusions SRF may stimulate the e xpression of ｂcl-2 in RPE cells and FB under culture at early stage, but accel arate the declining of ｂcl-2 protein levels a certain time after subjected toSRF．
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ObjectiveTo detect the effect of subretinal fluid （SRF） from different grades of proliferative vitreoretinopathy（PVR） on cultured retinal pigmental epithelial cells（RPE） and fibloblasts（FB）．MethodsThe effect of SRF from different grades of PVR on RPE and FB was determined using Brdu labeling technique and MTT assaying method，respectively．Results All samples showed a stimulating effect on the two kinds of cellular elements in a certain degree．At 1∶10 concentration，the cellular proliferation stimulating activity of SRF with PVR＜C1，PVR C1 and PVR＞C1 on RPE and FB was 128.5%，139.8%，156.8%and 126.3%，143.1%，172.3%of the control groups, respectively after 24 h stimulation.ConclusionsSRF’s proliferation-stimulating activity is correlated with the grades of PVR．
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Objective To investigate the effect of subretinal fluid (SRF) with different grades of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) on bcl-2 oncoprotein expression in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and fibroblast (FB). Methods Using immunohistological staining technique and Western-blotting method to detect the expression of bcl-2 protein in RPE cells and FB under the stimulation of SRF. Results The expression levels of bcl-2 increased in both types of cells to a certain extent compared with those of the control group 4 hours after the cells subjected to SRF; 36 hours later, the expression levels of bcl-2 of experimental groups decreased more quickly than those of the control group,and the control group showed relatively higher bcl-2 protein levels at the end of observation. Conclusions SRF may stimulate the expression of bcl-2 in RPE cells and FB under culture at early stage, but accelarate the declining of bcl-2 protein levels a certain time after subjected to SRF.