[Prostanoids and leukotrienes in ophthalmology. II. Role of prostanoids and leukotrienes in the physiology and pathophysiology of the eye].

The authors give an account on the development and contemporary knowledge regarding the participation of prostanoids and leukotrienes in physiological and pathophysiological processes of the eye. According to many data in the literature of all intraocular tissues of the human eye the greatest prostaglandin production was found in the anterior segment of the choroid. The authors describe the role played by these substances in the pathogenesis of inflammations, their importance in the regulation of intraocular pressure and in the development of cystoid macular oedema.