ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2015
Evaluation of proliferating cell abundance and phenotypes in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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backgroundThe aim of this work is to evaluate the abundance, origins, and phenotypes of actively proliferating cells in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).
methodsEleven epiretinal membranes from patients undergoing surgery for PDR were evaluated by indirect immunofluorescence for evidence of cell proliferation using the nuclear cell proliferation marker Ki67 and for cell identities using glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), glutamine synthetase, and α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA).
resultsKi67 positivity was consistently rare in PDR epiretinal membranes at 3.02 ± 1.42 % of the total cell population. The majority of the Ki67-positive cells were also positive for GFAP (74.0 %) with lower proportions positive for αSMA (30.7 %) and glutamine synthetase (1.5 %). Co-localization studies using glial and myoid markers revealed that virtually all (92 %) of the αSMA-positive cells are also GFAP positive and thus derive from glia.
conclusionsEntry into cell cycle and thus cell proliferation appears to be a rare phenomenon in PDR involving only a small percentage of the total cell population. Glia and/or glial-derived myofibroblasts appear to be the predominate cell types in epiretinal scar tissues and also account for the majority of the actively proliferating cells.
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