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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

Association between inflammatory cytokines in the aqueous humor and hyperreflective foci on optical coherence tomography in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.

Jianbo Mao, Nuo Chen, Shian Zhang, Yuyan Fang, Zicheng Zheng, Sulan Wu, Xin Ye, Yijing Chen, Yiqi Chen, Lijun Shen

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jianbo MaoCenter for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Nuo ChenSchool of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Shian ZhangCenter for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Yuyan FangSchool of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Zicheng ZhengHwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China.
Sulan WuSchool of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Xin YeSchool of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yijing ChenSchool of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yiqi ChenCenter for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Lijun ShenCenter for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Wenzhou Medical University · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNZhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the associations between cytokine levels in the aqueous humor (AH) and hyperreflective foci (HF) on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods: The prospective study included 63 eyes with nAMD, 44 with PCV, and 43 with cataracts (Controls). AH samples were obtained before anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy or cataract surgery. Cytokines interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, IL-10, interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10), monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), and VEGF were measured by multiplex bead assay. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), and the number of HF were evaluated at baseline and 1 month after anti-VEGF treatment. Results: No significances difference in IL-6 and IL-8 levels were noted among the three groups ( Conclusions: In the nAMD group, HF was positively correlated with VEGF. Patients in nAMD with HF had elevated levels of VEGF and IL-10 and responded favorably to anti-VEGF. HF might serve as an inflammatory biomarker and a predictive factor for therapeutic efficacy in patients with nAMD.

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aqueous humorcytokinehyperreflective focineovascular age-related macular degenerationpolypoidal choroidal vasculopathyspectral-domain optical coherence tomography

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