This study was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30400229), and Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 7052016).Acknowledgements: We greatly thank Mrs. WANG Jin-jin for the assistant of the cell culture techniques.
Background Latanoprost, a prostaglandin F2α analog, has been shown to be an effective intraocular pressure lowering agent which acts by inducing ciliary muscle cells to synthesise matrix metalloproteinases. However, ...