Research progression of Fractalkine/cx3cr1 and microglia in retina diseases / 中华实验眼科杂志

ABSTRACT

Fractalkine (Fkn) is the only member of CX3C subfamily of chemokine currently found,cx3cr1 is its specific receptor.Fkn/cx3cr1 is involved in inflammation,cancer,autoimmune diseases,allergy,acquired immune deficiency syndrome and other diseases,while its variety of pathophysiological role is accomplished by microglia.Functions of Fkn/cx3cr1 and microglia in age-related macular degeneration,acute light damage disease,retinal vascular disease,diabetic retinopathy disease,uveitis and other retina disease were reviewed in this article.