1. An Association between HTRA1 and TGF-β 2 in the Vitreous Humor of Patients with Chorioretinal Vascular Diseases.
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Fukushima, Yoko, Takahashi, Shizuka, Nakamura, Machiko, Inoue, Tatsuya, Fujieda, Yusuke, Sato, Toshiyuki, Noguchi, Shingo, Tsujikawa, Motokazu, Sakaguchi, Hirokazu, and Nishida, Kohji
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RETINAL vein occlusion , *MACULAR degeneration , *VITREOUS humor , *VASCULAR endothelial growth factors , *VASCULAR diseases - Abstract
Background: The aim of this paper was to investigate the protein concentrations of high-temperature requirement A 1 (HTRA1) and transforming growth factor- β (TGF- β) in the vitreous humor of patients with chorioretinal vascular diseases. Methods: This study measured protein concentrations of HTRA1, TGF- β 1 − 3 , and vascular endothelial growth factor A (hereinafter called VEGF) in the vitreous humor from seven eyes of patients with chorioretinal vascular diseases (age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and retinal vein occlusion) and six control eyes (idiopathic epiretinal membrane and macular hole). We analyzed the mutual relationship among the protein levels. Results: The protein levels of HTRA1 and VEGF were significantly increased in the chorioretinal vascular disease group compared with the control group (1.57 ± 0.79 × 10 − 9 mol/mL vs. 0.68 ± 0.79 × 10 − 9 mol/mL, p = 0.039; 3447.00 ± 3423.47 pg/mL vs. 35.33 ± 79.01 pg/mL, p = 0.046, respectively). TGF- β 2 levels were not significantly different between groups (2222.71 ± 1151.25 pg/mL for the chorioretinal vascular disease group vs. 1918.83 ± 744.01 pg/mL for the control group, p = 0.62). The concentration of HTRA1 was strongly associated with TGF- β 2 levels in the vitreous humor, independent of VEGF (r = 0.80, p = 0.0010). Conclusions: We revealed that vitreous HTRA1 was increased in patients with chorioretinal vascular diseases and strongly correlated with TGF- β 2 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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