The seminar discusses retinopathy caused by hyperuricemia (HUA), combining epidemiological observations, experimental data and mechanism analysis. It focuses on the possible relationship between metabolic syndrome, uric acid, inflammation, complement pathway dysregulation and age-related macular degeneration
About the speaker
Prof. Dr David Pei-Cheng Lin is a professor at the Department of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan. His research interests include ocular system ageing, the pathogenesis of ocular surface diseases and retinopathy caused by different factors
