Objective:To study the effects of growth factor on the proliferation of the cultured huamn retinal glial cells.
Methods:EGF(0.5～100.0ng/ml) and NGF (0.5～10.0ng/ml) were added to cultures of human retinal glial cells and the proliferation rates of the cells were measured by MTT method.
Results:EGF at a dosage ranging from 0.5ng/ml to 100.0ng/ml and NGF (0.05～10.0ng/ml) stimulated the cellular proliferation effectively with their EC 50 of 17ng/ml and 0.7 ng/ml respectively.
Conclusion:Both EGF and NGF NGF had an effective stimulation on human retinal glial cell proliferation.They may play a role in the formation of PVR.
(Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,1998,14:33-34)
