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ArticleTurkish journal of ophthalmology2019

Role of Oxidative Stress in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome and Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma

Yasemin Aydın Yaz, Nilgün Yıldırım, Yetkin Yaz, Neslihan Tekin, Mine İnal, Fezan Mutlu Şahin

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Article in Turkish journal of ophthalmology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Epiretinal membrane prevalence in asymmetrical pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and its impact on glaucoma monitoring parameters including peripapillary vessel density.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  12. The correlation between pseudoexfoliation syndrome and the Triglyceride-Glucose index.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022
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  17. Oxidative Stress in Optic Neuropathies.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  19. Adenosine A3 receptor activated in HAnnals of translational medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yasemin Aydın YazEskişehir State Hospital, Ophthalmology Clinic, Eskişehir, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-2535-0651
Nilgün YıldırımEskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Eskişehir, TurkeyORCID 0000-0001-8198-2605
Yetkin YazEskişehir Yunus Emre State Hospital, Ophthalmology Clinic, Eskişehir, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-6425-7767
Neslihan TekinAksaray University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Aksaray, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-0091-6428
Mine İnalEskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Eskişehir Turkey
Fezan Mutlu ŞahinEskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Eskişehir, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-9339-4031

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the role of oxidative stress on pseudoexfoliation formation and progression from pseudoexfoliation syndrome (XFS) to pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (XFG). Materials and Methods: This study investigated oxidative stress biomarkers in blood samples from 58 patients with XFG, 47 patients with XFS, and 134 healthy age- and sex-matched controls. Results: The highest serum malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were measured in XFG patients (p<0.001), and MDA level was higher in XFS patients than controls (p<0.001). Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) enzyme activities were significantly lower in XFS and XFG patients than in the control group, whereas a significant increase was observed in glutathione (GSH) levels (p<0.001 for all). However, levels of these three biomarkers did not differ significantly between XFS and XFG patients (p=0.188, p=0.185, and p=0.733, respectively). Nitric oxide (NO) concentration was significantly lower in XFG patients compared to XFS patients and controls (p<0.001) but did not differ between XFS patients and controls (p=0.476). Conclusion: Elevated MDA levels suggest that lipid peroxidation is important in XFS and XFG development and progression from XFS to XFG. In addition, reduction in SOD and CAT enzyme activities is considered a deficiency in the enzymatic antioxidant protection system. Furthermore, GSH values may be evaluated as a compensatory response to oxidative stress in XFS and XFG. Alterations in NO indicate the role of a vascular regulatory factor in the progression from XFS to glaucoma.

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glaucomaoxidative stressPseudoexfoliation

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PMCPMC6517849

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