Figure 1. Inhibitory effect of rapamycin on proliferation in rabbit lens epithelium cells (rLEC). Cells were treated with different doses of rapamycin for 24 h, 48 h, 72 h. The cell proliferation was assessed by methylthiazol tetrazolium (MTT) assay. Relative proliferation(%)=(OD of treated cells/OD of control cells)×100. *p<0.05, compared with the control cells.