Proper Understanding of Cytokines Detection in Diagnosis and Therapy of Eye Diseases
Jian Li1, Yong Tao2, Xinzhu Hou1, Cong Wang1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Affliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China2Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
Abstract:Cytokines, which known as a "language between cells", are involved in the development of various eye diseases. The detection of cytokines plays an increasingly important role in the study of the molecular mechanism of eye disease pathogenesis, the construction of clinical guidelines and expert consensus, and the development of novel targeted therapies. With the aim of accurate and personalized medicine in ophthalmology, this article presents the application and signifcance of cytokine detection in the diagnosis and therapy of various eye diseases, as well as the advances in several molecular targeted therapies.