Research progress of advanced glycation end products in glaucoma / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

ABSTRACT

@#Advanced glycation end products(AGEs)accumulate in various tissues in the body, and induce a series of biological responses by regulating the expression of related factors and activating signal pathways, causing age-related diseases and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Atherosclerosis. Glaucoma, which is the leading cause of vision loss after cataract worldwide, is a degenerative disease of the optic nerve that ultimately leads to irreversible visual field loss. The accumulation of excessive AGE sin the retina and other eye tissues of glaucoma patients activates signal pathways and triggers biological responses, causing damage to the structure and function of tissues and cells, and participating in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. This article mainly describes the latest progress of AGEs in glaucoma pathogenesis, treatment, screening and other related research, and provides new ideas and research methods for the prevention and treatment of glaucoma.