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Abstract #82657 Published in IGR 20-4
Regulatory cytokines prescribe the outcome of the inflammation in the process of PEX production
Sarenac Vulovic T; Pavlovic S; Lutovac M; Zdravkovic V; Sreckovic S; Zdravkovic NJournal of the Chinese Medical Association 2019; 0:
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to reveal the participation of different regulatory cytokines within the process of pseudoexfoliation (PEX). METHODS: Our study included 140 patients referred to cataract surgery with early and late stage of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (XFS) or pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (XFG). Humor and serum levels of cytokines TGF-β, PDGF, EGF, IGF, IL-8 and ITAC were measured in a sample using high sensitivity enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) kit. RESULTS: Our results indicate that profibrotic action induced by increasing TGF-β and PDGF locally activates fibrous tissue production in the early XFS with a prolonged effect of PDGF (late XFS) and finally (XFG stage) it is dominantly controlled by EGF and IGF. ITAC overrides angiogenetic effects of IL-8 in XFG. CONCLUSION: Based on our findings local chronic inflammation in the eye is accompanied by the secretion of different profibrotic cytokines (TGF-β, PDGF, EGF, IGF, IL-8) without angiogenesis due to effects of ITAC.
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Clinical Center Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, Serbia.
Full articleClassification:
9.4.4.1 Exfoliation syndrome (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)
3.6 Cellular biology (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods)
3.7 Biochemistry (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods)