Construction of an informationized management system for ophthalmic day surgeries / 中华医院管理杂志

Means of information technology can achieve information sharing and optimize the management process, and tackle the challenges encountered in the process of ophthalmic day surgery, namely surgery appointment, patient education, ward management and patient follow-up. The authors analyzed the current situation and challenges of day surgeries at an ophthalmic hospital, and presented its practices in building and using the day ophthalmic surgery informationized management system by such information technology means as cloud computation, artificial intelligence and face recognition. This system comprised the day surgery pre-hospitalization management system, Internet platform for wards, follow-up management platform, electronic medical archiving of day surgery, and specialized nursing robot for day surgery process. As compared with the data one year before and after the system in place, the rate of missed surgery, unplanned secondary surgery and patient satisfaction before and after, fell from 2.40% and 0.24% before to 1.00% and 0.08% after. In addition, patient satisfaction increased from 94.5% before to 99.1% after. All the differences were significant statistically( P<0.01). This system can help patients in medical access, and ensure the medical safety and efficiency of day surgeries, serving as a good reference for ophthalmic departments of other hospitals in building their informationized system for ophthalmic day surgeries.

Combining motor imagery training with transcranial direct current stimulation improves the upper limb functioning of hemiplegic stroke survivors / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

Objective:To observe and analyze the clinical effect of combining motor imagery training (MIT) with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving the upper limb functioning of hemiplegic stroke survivors.Methods:Ninety stroke survivors with hemiplegia were randomly divided into a conventional group (treated with tDCS) and a combination group (treated with MIT combined with tDCS), each of 45. The conventional group received 20min of tDCS using the IS200 intelligent electrical stimulator once daily, 6 times/week, for 4 weeks. The combination group received 40min of motor imagery training right after the tDCS treatment. Before and after the treatment, upper limb motor functioning was evaluated using the Fugl-Meyer assessment for the upper extremities (FMA-UE) and the Hong Kong version of a functional test for the hemiplegic upper extremity (FTHUE-HK). Surface electromyographs were recorded from the anterior deltoid and the triceps brachii muscles during maximum active shoulder flexion and elbow extension. The muscle strength of the affected limb was evaluated using the root mean square values of the integrated electromyograms (IEMGs).Results:There were no significant differences between the groups before the treatment. Afterward, significant improvement was observed in the average FMA-UE scores, FTHUE-HK scores, surface EMG indexes and iEMG values in both groups. The improvement in the combination group was significantly greater than in the conventional group.Conclusion:Combining MIT with tDCS can better improve upper limb motor functioning and muscle strength after a stroke survivors than tDCS alone.

Transcranial direct current stimulation can improve the effectiveness of robot-assisted rehabilitation of a hemiplegic upper limb / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

Objective:To observe any improvement in hemiplegic upper limb functioning when transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is combined with robot-assisted upper limb treatment, and analyze the potential mechanism of neural plasticity through diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).Methods:Twenty stroke survivors with hemiplegia were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, each of 10, according to a random number table. Both groups were treated with conventional medication and rehabilitation training using an upper limb robot, while the treatment group also received tDCS daily, with the current increasing from 0 to 1mA over 10 seconds, and then decreasing to 0 over twenty minutes. The experiment lasted for 15 days. The upper extremity portion of the Fugl-Meyer rating scale (UE-FMA) and the Wolf Motor Function Rating Scale (WMFT) were used to evaluate motor functioning before and after the treatment. DTI was also conducted for both groups.Results:After the treatment, the average UE-FMA and WMFT scores of the two groups were significantly higher than before the treatment, with the average UE-FMA score of the treatment group (35.32±13.25), significantly higher than that of the control group (21.80±13.93). After the treatment there were significant differences between the groups in their average FA, rFA and FAasy of the posterior limb of the internal capsule, as well as in FA and the CST length of the central anterior gyrus.Conclusion:tDCS combined with robot-assisted upper limb rehabilitation training can significantly improve the motor functioning of hemiplegic upper limbs, possibly due to neuroplasticity mechanisms that promote CST integrity and symmetry changes. tDCS can be an important adjunct therapy in clinical neurorehabilitation.

Development of Intelligent Management System for High Value Consumable Material in Operating Room / 中国医疗器械杂志

Operation room is the most important link for carrying out medical activities in hospital whose demand for medical consumable material is also very large. With the increase of types of consumable material, the process of consumable material management in operating room becomes more complicated, and the traditional management mode can not meet the needs. In this paper, the technology of Internet of things and artificial intelligence is used to design an intelligent management system of high value consumable material in operating room which improves the efficiency of operation of high value consumable material in operating room, reduces the cost of manpower and improves the safety.

Correction to: EPAC Negatively Regulates Myelination via Controlling Proliferation of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells / 神经科学通报·英文版

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Development of Hospital Medical Instrumentation Management System Based on Cloud Computing / 中国医疗器械杂志

In order to improve the efficiency of medical instrumentation management in hospital, reduce the management cost and save the human cost, this study analyzes the problems in the traditional hospital medical instrumentation management system, and develops a new system based on cloud computing. Through the characters of the SaaS Service Platform, the system improves the flow efficiency of the medical instrumentation in hospital, saves deployment and operating system costs, and improves the people's work efficiency.

Development of a remote dedicated doctor platform of ophthalmology and its application efficiency during epidemic of COVID-19 / 中华实验眼科杂志

Objective:Due to the circumstances where people being required to home quarantine and eye hospitals being unable to receive patient normally, The application of internet plus technology is explored to build Remote Dedicated Doctor Platform of Ophthalmology (RDDPO) for online consultation, accessing to medication, medical services and advises orderly, and to help to further develop and apply the platform.Methods:In 2018, RDDPO was jointly developed.It has been modified and improved to the formulation of national medical policy and medical insurance policy and the outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019, and it has been carried out comprehensive application verification during the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic.With a B/S structure, platform docks the official accounts of Wechat platform.On the server side, three J2EE frameworks of the integrated development, including Struts2, Spring and Hibernate are adopted; on the mobile client side, a combination of development tools including React-Native and Redux is used.Meanwhile, a micro-services Architecture (msA) of RESTful WebAPI is chosen at the business logic layer.The terminal data information is used to summarize the results of the platform's functional services for ophthalmic patients, such as remote diagnosis and treatment, online prescription, medicine delivery and health education, etc., and to make statistics on all kinds of data during the epidemic prevention and control period, so as to verify the operations management capabilities of the platform's functions.Results:During the period of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, the number of monthly visits of RDDPO increased from 1063 person times from September 1, 2019 to the end of September to 30 002 person times from February 1, 2020 to February 28, 2020.The proportion of diagnosis and treatment person times of this platform in the total number of diagnosis and treatment person times increased from 19.1% (203/1 063) to 92.3% (277/3 002), which can effectively avoid the risk of personal contact infection and meet the patients' medical needs.95.8% of the patients were very satisfied.95.8% of the patients were very satisfied.Conclusions:The RDDPO establishes a channel for doctor-patient communication during the epidemic, which can be considered as an important way to effectively address the needs of patients for medical treatment.

Effect evaluation of perioperative nursing process optimization plus enhanced recovery after surgery for post-traumatic bone infection of lower limb / 中华创伤杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of optimizing perioperative nursing process and applying enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) model in the treatment of post-traumatic bone infection of lower limb using the membrane induction technique.Methods A retrospective case control study was conducted to analyze the clinical data of 225 patients with post-traumatic bone infection of lower limb admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University from January 2015 to December 2016.There were 184 males and 41 females,aged 19-63 years,with an average age of 41.8 years.There were 123 patients with tibia infection,80 with femur infection and 22 with fibula infection.A total of 125 patients received process optimization plus ERAS (test group),and 100 patients received traditional treatment (control group).Visual analogue scale (VAS) before operation and 1,3 and 7 days after operation,incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT),bedridden time,sleep time,ambulation distance,length of stay in hospital and patient satisfaction were compared between the two groups.Results The VAS scores in the test group were (4.5 ± 0.7) points,(3.7 ± 0.6) points,and (2.7 ± 0.5) points at 1,3 and 7days after operation,which were lower than those in the control group (5.7 ± 0.8) points,(5.5 ± 0.8) points,(3.6 ± 0.5) points (P ＜ 0.05 or 0.01).There was no significant difference in VAS 10 days after operation between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The incidence of DVT in test group was 16.0％,which was significantly lower than that in the control group 39.0％ (P ＜ 0.01).The bedridden time of the test group was (3.5 ± 0.1) days,and that of the control group was (7.0 ± 0.4) days (P ＜0.05).The sleep time at 1,2,and 3 days after operation as well as the ambulation distance at 3,4,and 5 days after operation in the test group were significantly longer than those in the control group (P ＜0.05).The hospitalization time was (13.4 ± 1.2) days in the test group and (17.6 ± 1.9) days in the control group (P ＜ 0.05).The satisfaction rate was 99.2％ in the test group and 87.0％ in the control group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion During treatment of post-traumatic bone infection of lower limb using the membrane induction technique,nursing process optimization plus ERAS intervention program can effectively alleviate postoperative pain,improve daily activity abilities,shorten hospitalization time,improve patient satisfaction and better promote patient rehabilitation.

Development of Mobile Medical Consumable Material Management System / 中国医疗器械杂志

The operation of traditional medical consumables management system depends on computer and network. The consumable material manager can't manage the consumable in time. In order to meet the convenience, flexibility, timeliness in materials management, this paper designs a mobile medical consumables management system based on Android platform and WeChat Official Accounts. The system helps the hospital manage medical consumable materials more conveniently and efficiently.

Posterior approach vitrectomy treating penetrating ocular trauma with intraocular foreign body / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

AIM: To explore the effect of early posterior approach vitrectomy in the treatment of penetrating ocular trauma with intraocular foreign body.METHODS: Totally 10 cases of penetrating ocular trauma with intraocular foreign bodies(IOFB) in the past two years were included.Emergency vitrectomy, intraocular foreign body removal and silicone oil tamponade were performed by the same surgeon.Antibiotics and steroids were given after surgeries.Retinal photocoagulation was done according to fundus conditions after surgeries.RESULTS: One patient combined with preoperation endophthalmitis and severely damaged retina failed to recover, eventually came to phthisis bulbi.Vitrectomy and IOFB removal were all successfully performed in the other patients.The postoperation follow-up time was 3-18mo.Two of the patients received secondary vitrectomy and silicone replacement surgeries due to recurrent retinal detachment.The remaining patients had no further bleeding with intraoclar pressure(IOP) 8-21mmHg.At the last follow-up, three of them gained best corrected visual acuity better than 0.1, two patients had visual acuity of 0.01 to 0.1 and four patients had poor visual acuity of light perception to FC/50cm because of macular damage.The patient with phthisis bulbi had no light perception.CONCLUSION: Early vitrectomy, foreign body removal and silicone oil tamponade is an effective treatment for patients with penetrating eyeball injury with IOFB.

Subclinical thyroid diseases and the risks or outcomes of ischemic stroke / 国际脑血管病杂志

Subclinical thyroid dysfunction including subclinical hypothyroidism and subclinical hyperthyroidism, subclinical hypothyroidism is more common in the general population. Subclinical thyroid dysfunction may increase the incidence of risk factors of stroke, like hypertension, diabetes melitus, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, atrial fibrilation, homocysteinemia and so on. Subclinical thyroid dysfunction may be associated w ith the outcomes in patients after acute ischemic stroke.

Effects of Modified Yishen Zhuyang Huoxue Huazhuo Formula on Changes of Polycystic Ovarian in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To observe the effect and safety of modified Yishen Zhuyang Huoxue Huazhuo Formula for polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in the TCM pattern of deficiency of spleen and kidney with phlegm-dampness. Methods Totally 123 cases were recruited into this study and randomized to two groups by central random approach, 64 cases in the observation group and 59 cases in the control group. Patients in the observation group were given the modified Yishen Zhuyang Huoxue Huazhuo Formula, while those in the control group were given compound cyproterone acetate tablet, for two treatment courses, three months for one course. The changes of ovarian volume and the number of follicles before and after treatment were observed. Adverse reactions were also evaluated. Results Bilateral ovarian volumes in both groups decreased after treatment (P0.05). The rate of adverse reaction in the observation group was lower than the control group. Conclusion Modified Yishen Zhuyang Huoxue Huazhuo Formula is effective for PCOS patient by reducing the ovarian volume with a low incidence of side effect.

Comparative analysis of treatment efficacy of different methods on multiple segmental adult cervical spinal cord injury without fracture dislocation / 中华神经医学杂志

Objective To investigate the treatment effects of operation and nerve growth factor on adult multisegmental cervical spinal cord injury without fracture dislocation.Methods Sixty-eight patients with multiple segmental cervical spinal cord injury without fracture dislocation,admitted to our hospital from January 2004 to May 2011,were chosen in our study; according to the will of the patients,18 patients received conservative treatment (group A),25 patients were treated by posterior single open-door laminoplasty (group B) and the other 25 patients were treated with posterior single open-door laminoplasty combined with nerve growth factor (group C,once daily for 4 weeks); their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.Follow up was performed at 3,6 and 12 months after the treatments;Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scale was employed to evaluate the clinical efficacy.Results Three,6,12 months after the treatments,the JOA scale scores were statistically different among the three groups (P＜0.05); the scores in group B and C were significantly higher than those in group A at all time points (P＜0.05); 6 and 12 months after the treatmemts,the JOA scale scores in group C were significantly higher than those in group B (P＜0.05).Conclusion To patients with multisegmental cervical spinal cord injury without fracture dislocation,conservative treatment can make the spinal cord function partially restored,but the effect is limited; exogenous nerve growth factor has good repairing effect on spinal cord injury.

EGB761 on retinal light injury in rats / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Retinal light injury can lead to degeneration of the photoreceptor cell layer. It has been hypothesized that the mechanism for this process is the photochemical damage. Ginkgo balboa extract (Ginkgo biloba extract EGB761) EGB761 is a free radical scavenger. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible effect of orally administered EGB761 on retinal light damage of mouse photoreceptor cells.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Kunming mice were randomly chosen for the following groups containing 20 animals in each: control group, light damage group, saline control group, and drug treatment group. The drug treatment group and saline control group were given daily gavage of EGB761 (150 mg×kg(-1)×d(-1)) one week before light exposure. At 7, 14, and 30 days after light exposure, animals were sacrificed and eyes were examined by light microscopy, electron microscopy, and retinal histopathology using in situ detection of apoptotic cells.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In the light damage group after 7 days there was visible edema, and the outer nuclear layer appeared withered with deeply stained dead cells, leaving only a thin nuclear layer of 7 - 8 cells. After 14 days, the photoreceptor cell layer disappeared, leaving only the outer nuclear layer of 1 - 3 cells with an average thickness of (37.988 ± 1.207) µm. The average thickness of the retina was (126.32 ± 2.31) µm. In the drug treatment group, the photoreceptor cell layer and outer nuclear layer damage were significantly lower than the saline group (t = 21.993, P < 0.001), demonstrating that EGB761, especially at 14 days after light exposure, can reduce retinal light damage in mice.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Oral administration of EGB761 can partially inhibit apoptosis of photoreceptor cells, resulting in increased photoreceptor cell survival.</p>

Incidence and related factors research of vascular cognitive impairment after acute subcortical infarction / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective To discuss incidence and related risk factors of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) after acute subcortical infarction (SI).Methods One hundred and eighty-two patients with acute SI were divided into two groups:VCI group (81 cases) and no-VCI group ( 101 cases) according to VCI diagnostic standard.Sex proportion,age,culture degree between two groups were compared,and correlation was analyzed between the quantity of risk factors and the incidence of VCI.Results The incidence of VCI after acute SI was 44.5％(81/182).According to age stratification,the incidence of VCI in the patients of 56-65 years was 35.4％ (23/65),in the patients of 66-75 years was 45.3％ (48/106),and in the patients of 76-85 years was 90.9％ (10/11 ).The age in VCI group was significantly higher than that in no-VCI group [(69.93 ±6.91) years vs. (67.62 ±5.56) years,P =0.014],and culture degree was significantly lower than that in no-VCI group (P =0.028).The sex proportion between two groups had no significant difference (P =0.876).The more accompanying risk factors,the higher incidence of VCI.Conclusions Along with the increase of age,the incidence of VCI after acute SI is higher.The more accompanying risk factors,the higher incidence of VCI.

Puerarin enhances superoxide dismutase activity and inhibits RAGE and VEGF expression in retinas of STZ-induced early diabetic rats

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the effects of puerarin on the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), and expressions of advanced glycation end-product (AGE) receptor (RAGE) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in retinas of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced early diabetic rats.@*METHODS@#Diabetic rat models were established by inducing diabetes via intra-peritoneal injection of STZ. Rats were randomly divided into normal (control), diabetic (DM), and DM+ puerarin groups. After intra-gastric administration of puerarin (500 mg/kg/day for 4 weeks), levels of SOD and malondialdehyde (MDA) were determined in serum and retina. mRNA and protein expression levels of RAGE and VEGF in retinas were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (mRNA) and Western blot analysis (protein levels).@*RESULTS@#There was significantly lower SOD activity and significantly higher MDA in serum and retinas of the DM group compared with the two other groups (P<0.05). After treatment with puerarin, SOD activity increased and MDA content decreased in this group (P<0.05). mRNA and protein expression levels of RAGE and VEGF in the DM group were significantly higher than those of the other groups (P<0.05), and decreased after puerarin treatment (P<0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Puerarin is able to enhance SOD activity, and inhibit RAGE and VEGF expressions in retinas of STZ-induced early diabetic rats.

Effect of erythropoietin on signal transduction pathway in rat model of retinal detachment / 中华实验眼科杂志

BackgroundOur previous study showed that erythropoietin (EPO) protects the photoreceptor from apoptosis in retinal detachment(RD) rat,but its signal transduction pathway remains unknown.Objective The present study was to investigate the effects of EPO on signal transduction pathway in RD.MethodsTwentyfour albino clean Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats were randomly divided into 4 groups.5 μl PBS was injected into vitreous cavity of rats in RD+PBS group,and 400 ng EPO(5 μl) was used at the same way in RD+EPO group.Three days later,the rats were sacrificed and the retina was isolated in each group.The expression levels of Janus kinase 2 (JAK2),p-JAK2,Akt,p-Akt,extracellular regulated protein kinase-1/2 ( ERK-1/2 ),p-ERK-1/2,signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 ( STAT5 ),p-STAT5,nuclear factor-kB (NF-sB) and p-NF-kB were detected by Western blot assay.The administration of experimental animals followed the Standard of ARVO.ResultsThree days after RD,the expression levels of JAK2,Akt and ERK-1,ERK-2 in retinas among normal group,RD,RD+PBS,RD+EPO groups were statistically insignificant different ( F =0.298,P =0.826 ; F =0.681,P =0.588 ; F =0.978,P=0.450;F=1.115,P=0.399 ),but the levels of p-JAK2,p-Akt,p-Erk-1 and p-Erk-2 among these 4 groups were significant difference ( F=24.435,P =0.000; F=48.163,P =0.000;F =19.092,P =0.001; F =14.393,P=0.001 ),and those in RD+EPO group was significantly higher than that in RD and RD+PBS groups( P＜0.05 ).The expression levels of STAT5 and NF-kB among the 4 groups were no significantly differences (F =1.136,P=0.391 ;F=0.696,P=0.580),but after the phosphorylation of STAT5 and NF-kB,the differences was significant ( F =14.189,P =0.001 ; F =40.103,P =0.000 ).Those in RD,RD + PBS,RD + EPO groups did not increase either (P＞0.05).Although the levels of p-STAT5 and p-NF-kB in RD,RD+PBS,RD+EPO groups were significantly higher than those in normal control group( P＜0.05 ),the level of p-STAT5 in RD+EPO group was not significantly higher than that in RD and RD + PBS groups (P ＞ 0.05 ). Conclusions PI3K/Akt and MAPK/ERK-1/2 signal transduction pathways might participate in the protecting process of EPO to photoreceptor in RD rats.

The prognosis analysis of novel influenza A (H1N1) in patients with hematologic disease / 中华血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore disease progression and prognosis factors of novel influenza A (H1N1) in immunocompromised patients with or without hematologic disease.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>A total of 76 confirmed novel influenza A (H1N1) infection patients from November 2009 to March 2010 included in the study, their clinical feature was analyzed, and the relationship between clinical feature and outcome was explored retrospectively by multivariate analysis method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The whole 76 patients were administrated of oseltamivir. Among the 76 patients, 46 were severe and 23 were critical. Of the 6 patients with immunocompromised hematologic disease, 2 were severe and 4 were critical, case-fatality rate was 66.67% (4/6). The case-fatality rate of patients with non-hematologic disease was 10.42% (5/48). Multivariable logistic-regression analysis showed that immunocompromised hematologic disease (P = 0.0008, odds ratio:75.368; 95% CI, 5.980 to 949.853) and age (P = 0.0380) were independent risk factors for death. And other variables such as chronical lung disease, interval time from the onset of illness and lymphocyte count had no statistical significance (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The novel influenza A (H1N1) patients with immunocompromised hematologic disease has a poor prognosis, they can deteriorate quickly and have high mortality, it may aid clinicians to pay high attention to these people.</p>

Protection of endogenous erythropoietin on photoreceptor cells in retinal detachment and its mechanism / 中华实验眼科杂志

Background Erythropoietin (EPO) has a protective effect on retinal neurons in many retinal diseases,but regarding the effect of EPO on apoptosis of retinal photoreceptor cells in retinal detachment (RD) is uncompletely clear.Objective This study was to investigate the protective effect of endogenous EPO on photoreceptors in a rat model of RD and explore its possible mechanism.Methods Seventy-two Sprague- Dawley (SD) rats were randomly assigned to control group,RD group,RD+PBS group,RD+erythropoietin soluble receptor (EPOsR) 2, 20, 200ng groups with 12 rats for each group.1.4% hyaluronic acid was slowly injected into the subretinal space to induce RD in rats,and PBS or 2,20 or 200ng EPOsR was then injected into the vitreous space.On day 3 after RD,apoptotic photoreceptors were detected using transferase-mediated dUTP nickend labeling (TUNEL),and caspase-3 activity was assessed by Western-blot and immunofluorescence staining.On day 14 after RD,retinal histopathologic examination was carried out and outer nuclear layer (ONL) thickness was measured under the light microscope.The use of animals complied with the Statement of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Results Apoptotic photoreceptors were seen in ONL of rats of the RD group.Apoptotic photoreceptors were gradually increased with the elevation of EPOsR dose in the vitreous cavity.Western blot and immunofluorescence consistently showed that the gray scale of caspase-3 activity was 0.15±0.04,0.49±0.03,0.50±0.07,0.63±0.03,0.69±0.04 and 0.83±0.04 in the normal group,RD group,RD +PBS group,RD+EPOsR 2,20,200ng groups respectively with statistically significant differences (F=76.016;P=0.000),and caspase-3 activity was considerably stronger in the RD+EPOsR 200ng group than the other groups (P＜0.01).On day 14 after RD,the ONL thicknesses in the normal control group,RD group,RD+PBS group,RD+EPOsR 2,20,200ng groups were (47.39±3.39)μm,(33.96±3.54)μm,(31.83±5.21)μm,(31.40±2.63)μm,(24.99±2.06)μm and (19.30±3.71)μm,showing significant differences among these groups (F=44.733,P=0.000).ONL thicknesses the groups treated with different doses of EPOsR were markedly thinner than that of the RD group and RD +PBS group (P＜0.01).Conclusion EPOsR induces apoptosis of retinal cells and enhances the activity of caspase-3 in a dose-dependent manner.Endogenous EPO can protect photoreceptors against anoxia-mediated damage in RD eyes through decreasing caspase-3 activity and inhibiting apoptosis.

The protective effects of erythropoietin/erythropoietin receptor system on optic nerve and retinal diseases / 中华实验眼科杂志

Erythropoietin(EPO) has an anti-apoptotic effect,and promotes the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells. Several studies have indicated that EPO can protect photoreceptor cells from the lightinduced retinal degeneration ;protect retinal neurons from ischemia-reperfusion injury and retinal ganglion cells after acute and chronic ocular hypertension; promote ganglion cell survival and axonal regeneration after optic nerve transaction; attenuate inflammation in multiple sclerosis optic neuritis; reduce the permeability of the retinal barrier and protect retinal neurons in diabetic retinopathy; enhance the stability of hypoxic retinal vessels in retinopathy of prematurity. Herein,we review the distribution of EPO and its receptor in retina,their expression in animal model of retinal diseases,and their effects and mechanisms in protection of retinal neurons and optic nerve.