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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2016

Determination of Serum Ceruloplasmin Concentration in Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma with Cataract and Patients with Cataract Only: A Pilot Study.

Monika Sarnat-Kucharczyk, Wojciech Rokicki, Jolanta Zalejska-Fiolka, Dorota Pojda-Wilczek, Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monika Sarnat-KucharczykDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Wojciech RokickiDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Jolanta Zalejska-FiolkaDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Dorota Pojda-WilczekDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Ewa Mrukwa-KominekDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Medical University of Silesia · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND The aim of this article was to describe the role of ceruloplasmin and to report preliminary results of ceruloplasmin concentrations in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) with cataract and in patients with only cataract. Glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease, is a heterogeneous group of conditions characterized by loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), their axons, progressive optic nerve damage, and visual field deterioration. MATERIAL AND METHODS The POAG group included 30 patients and the cataract group included 25 patients. RESULTS Ceruloplasmin plays an essential role in iron metabolism and inactivating free radicals. In the presented pilot study, serum ceruloplasmin level was lower in the POAG group in comparison to the group with only cataract. CONCLUSIONS In treating persistent inflammation in the course of glaucoma, antiglaucoma drugs may increase the permeability of the blood-ocular barrier, which may be connected with the lower concentration of serum ceruloplasmin in the glaucoma patients group.

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AgedCataractCeruloplasminFemaleGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansMalePilot ProjectsCeruloplasmin

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PMID27109647
PMCPMC4847557
OpenAlexW2342604137

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