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ArticleScientific reports2018

Hyperhomocysteinemia Causes Chorioretinal Angiogenesis with Placental Growth Factor Upregulation.

Yih-Jing Lee, Chia-Ying Ke, Ni Tien, Po-Kang Lin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yih-Jing LeeSchool of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan. yjlee@mail.fju.edu.tw.
Chia-Ying KeSchool of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan.
Ni TienSchool of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan.
Po-Kang LinDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 11221, Taiwan. pklin123@hotmail.com.
Fu Jen Catholic University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST 103-2628-B-030-001-MY3Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST 107-2320-B-030-009
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Abstract

Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for atherosclerosis, which may also be associated with retinal vascular disease, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, and glaucoma. For this study, we established a hyperhomocysteinemia animal model to explore homocysteine (hcy)-related choroidal angiogenesis and possible related factors. We injected Sprague Dawley (SD) rats with different concentrations of hcy and performed color fundus imaging, fluorescein angiography, image-guided optical coherence tomography, and retinal histology to observe the retinal and choroidal changes. Subsequently, we observed prominent choroidal vasculature with congested and tortuous retinal and choroidal vessels in fundus angiographies of the hyperhomocysteinemia animal model. In the histological study, the choroidal capillaries proliferated in the hcy-treated eyes, mimicking choroidal neovascularization. Disrupted retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), abnormal branching vascular network (BVN), and polyp-like structures were also observed in the hcy-treated eyes. Furthermore, we found that placental growth factor (PlGF), but not vascular epithelial growth factor (VEGF), was the key mediating factor of this phenomenon. Our findings suggest that hyperhomocysteinemia might cause choroidal angiogenesis.

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Up-RegulationAnimalsCapillariesChoroidDisease Models, AnimalFluorescein AngiographyFundus OculiHomocysteineHyperhomocysteinemiaMalePlacenta Growth FactorRats, Sprague-DawleyRetinaTomography, Optical CoherenceHomocysteinePlacenta Growth Factor

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