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ArticlePloS one2024

Relationship between vitreous interleukin-6 levels and vitreous particles findings on widefield optical coherence tomography in posterior uveitis.

Mami Tomita, Mizuki Tagami, Norihiko Misawa, Atsushi Sakai, Yusuke Haruna, Shigeru Honda

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Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Mami TomitaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Mizuki TagamiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8771-7252
Norihiko MisawaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Atsushi SakaiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Yusuke HarunaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Shigeru HondaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0632-997X
Osaka Metropolitan University · JP

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Abstract

purposeTo investigate relationship between vitreous interleukin-6 levels and vitreous particles findings on widefield optical coherence tomography in posterior uveitis.

methodsThis retrospective study examined vitreous inflammatory cells (hyperreflective particles) of posterior uveitis on widefield optical coherence tomography (WOCT). We examined the number of hyperreflective particles (possibility of vitreous inflammatory cells) observed on WOCT and the correlations with interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels. The relationship between vitreous IL-6 levels and image findings from WOCT from 37 eyes (34 patients) with posterior uveitis were analyzed. Mean patient age was 63.4±15.7 years. (Mean± standard deviation) IL-6 concentration in vitreous humor was 79.9±7380.9 pg/mL Uveitis was infectious in 9 cases and non-infectious in 28 cases with multiplex polymerase chain reaction system. We measured the number and size of vitreous cells in the posterior vitreous, defined as the space between the upper vitreous and the internal limiting membrane on WOCT at the macular, upper, and lower regions. Image analysis software was also used for cell counting.

resultsA strong correlation was seen between human and software counts. Pearson's correlation coefficient (PCC) was performed to compare categorial variables (on macular +0.866; upper cavity +0.713; lower cavity +0.568; total vitreous cavity +0.834; P<0.001 each). IL-6 levels correlated with both vitreous cell counts and cell counts observed on macular WOCT (human-counted group +0.339, P = 0.04; software-counted group +0.349, P = 0.03). Infectious uveitis showed higher IL-6 levels (P = 0.016) and high cell counts compared with non-infectious uveitis (P = 0.04).

conclusionsVitreous number of hyperreflective particles (cells) findings on WOCTcorrelated well with human and software cell counts. Vitreous cells findings on WOCT also correlated with IL-6 concentrations on macular.

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UveitisUveitis, PosteriorAgedHumansInterleukin-6Middle AgedRetinaRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceInterleukin-6

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PMID38232093
PMCPMC10793905
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