Abstract:

With the rapid development of electronic and communication technologies, public concern about the possible health effects exposed to microwave radiation has arisen. The eye is one of the two ‘hot spots’ of absorbing microwave radiation. The lens becomes the central focus of the study since it is non-vascularized and contains a high percentage of water. It is well established that high-power microwave radiation can induce cataracts via its thermal effects. However, it remains unclear whether low-power microwave radiation damage to the cellular morphology, gap junctional intercellular communication, proliferation cycle and hereditary stability of the lens in the cellular and molecular level.(Int Rev Ophthalmol,  2017,  41:   418-423)