(1) Department of Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical College, 7-Bancho 27, 640 Wakayama, Japan;(2) Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, 3-11-15, Shinohara-Kitamachi, Nada-Ku, 675 Kobe, Japan
Abstract:
We investigated the origin of fibronectin (FN) on five posterior and four anterior chamber explanted intraocular lenses (IOLs) using immunohistochemical methods. Cellular deposits (assumed to be macrophages) and fibrous or membrane-like proteinaceous deposits on the IOLs showed immunoreactivity to an antibody against cellular FN. These proteinaceous deposits were believed to be products of the cells that adhered to the IOLs.