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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2024

Inflammation and Neurodegeneration in Glaucoma: Isolated Eye Disease or a Part of a Systemic Disorder? - Serum Proteomic Analysis.

Michał Andrzej Okruszko, Maciej Szabłowski, Mateusz Zarzecki, Magdalena Michnowska-Kobylińska, Łukasz Lisowski, Magda Łapińska, Zofia Stachurska, Anna Szpakowicz, Karol Adam Kamiński, Joanna Konopińska

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michał Andrzej OkruszkoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, 15-089, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6378-4450
Maciej SzabłowskiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, 15-089, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8621-5947
Mateusz ZarzeckiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, 15-089, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0046-1400
Magdalena Michnowska-KobylińskaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, 15-089, Poland.
Łukasz LisowskiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, 15-089, Poland.
Magda ŁapińskaDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
Zofia StachurskaDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
Anna SzpakowiczDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, Poland.
Karol Adam KamińskiDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
Joanna KonopińskaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, 15-089, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9088-6938
Medical University of Białystok · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Glaucoma is the most common optic neuropathy and the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, which affects 3.54% of the population aged 40-80 years. Despite numerous published studies, some aspects of glaucoma pathogenesis, serum biomarkers, and their potential link with other diseases remain unclear. Recent articles have proposed that autoimmune, oxidative stress and inflammation may be involved in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. Methods: We investigated the serum expression of 92 inflammatory and neurotrophic factors in glaucoma patients. The study group consisted of 26 glaucoma patients and 192 healthy subjects based on digital fundography. Results: Patients with glaucoma had significantly lower serum expression of IL-2Rβ, TWEAK, CX3CL1, CD6, CD5, LAP TGF-beta1, LIF-R, TRAIL, NT-3, and CCL23 and significantly higher expression of IL-22Rα1. Conclusion: Our results indicate that patients with glaucoma tend to have lower levels of neuroprotective proteins and higher levels of neuroinflammatory proteins, similar to those observed in psychiatric, neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases, indicating a potential link between these conditions and glaucoma pathogenesis.

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glaucomainflammationneurodegenerationOlinkproteomics

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PMID38370463
PMCPMC10874189
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