白内障是世界范围内失明的主要原因。正常晶状体是富有弹性的形似双凸透镜的透明体，是机体内蛋白质含量最高的组织，由晶状体囊膜、晶状体上皮细胞、晶状体纤维和悬韧带构成。白内障为晶状体透明度下降，表现为晶状体混浊。近年来随着分子生物学、表观遗传学、免疫学、有机化学等学科快速发展，国内外学者对白内障也进行了大量分子水平的研究，探讨了白内障发生发展相关分子机制，为未来基因治疗和靶向药物等治疗白内障提供了理论基础。对白内障分子病理改变的了解，是白内障精准诊治的基础。

Cataract is the main cause of blindness worldwide. The normal crystalline lens is a transparent biconvex disc,with highest protein content in all human tissues. The lens is composed of capsule, lens epithelial cells, lens fiber and zonular ligment. Cataract is a decrease in the transparency of the lens, which is characterized by opacity. In recent years, with the rapid development of molecular biology, epigenetics, immunology and organic chemistry,researchers have conducted a large number of studies on the molecular basis of genetic or targeted therapy of cataract. It is important to know the molecular pathology of cataract, which is the basis of precise diagnosis and treatment of cataract.

白内障是世界范围内失明的主要原因。正常晶状体是富有弹性的形似双凸透镜的透明体，是机体内蛋白质含量最高的组织，由晶状体囊膜、晶状体上皮细胞、晶状体纤维和悬韧带构成。白内障为晶状体透明度下降，表现为晶状体混浊。近年来随着分子生物学、表观遗传学、免疫学、有机化学等学科快速发展，国内外学者对白内障也进行了大量分子水平的研究，探讨了白内障发生发展相关分子机制，为未来基因治疗和靶向药物等治疗白内障提供了理论基础。对白内障分子病理改变的了解，是白内障精准诊治的基础。

Cataract is the main cause of blindness worldwide. The normal crystalline lens is a transparent biconvex disc, with highest protein content in all human tissues. The lens is composed of capsule, lens epithelial cells, lens fiber and zonular ligment. Cataract is a decrease in the transparency of the lens, which is characterized by opacity. In recent years, with the rapid development of molecular biology, epigenetics, immunology and organic chemistry, researchers have conducted a large number of studies on the molecular basis of genetic or targeted therapy of cataract. It is important to know the molecular pathology of cataract, which is the basis of precise diagnosis and treatment of cataract.