[Clinical research of anterior chamber inflammation after phacoemulsification surgery in patients with complicated cataract secondary to uveitis].

Objective: To investigate anterior chamber inflammation after phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome or Behçet's disease (BD).

Methods: Cohort study. Seventeen patients (20 eyes) with complicated cataracts and VKH syndrome or BD who underwent phacoemulsification with IOL implantation at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) between January 2010 and June 2011 were included as the experimental group in this study.

[Quantitative determination of aqueous flare and cells in the eyes of patients with inflammation of anterior uvea].

Objective: To quantify aqueous flare and cells in the eyes of patients with inflammation of anterior uvea by FC-2000 laser flare cell meter (LFCM), and to compare these results with those obtained with slit lamp microscopy.

Methods: Aqueous flare and cells of 194 eyes of 110 patients with inflammation of anterior uvea and 52 eyes of 52 healthy subjects were graded into 0, 1+, 2+, 3+ and 4 + scale based on a previously described system using slit lamp microscopy. LFCM was also used for evaluation of aqueous flare and cells.

[Increased expression of Fas and FasL mRNA in peripheral blood lymphocytes in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome].

Objective: To evaluate the expression of Fas and FasL messenger RNA (mRNA) in peripheral blood lymphocytes and its possible role in the pathogenesis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

Methods: Blood samples were obtained from 16 patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome and 19 healthy individuals from January to June, 2000. Total RNA was extracted from peripheral blood lymphocytes.