Experimental investigations of intraocular eicosanoids: cultured human trabecular cells and laser photocoagulation of the rabbit iris.

The significance of prostaglandins and other eicosanoids in normal ocular physiology and in ocular disease is not well understood. We have utilized cultured human trabecular cells and an in vivo model of laser-induced inflammation in the rabbit eye to gain information concerning eicosanoid biosynthesis and its regulation in the anterior segment. Further investigations using these experimental paradigms should help to elucidate the physiologic and pathophysiologic roles of eicosanoids in the eye.