Cytokine profiling reveals increased serum inflammatory cytokines in idiopathic choroidal neovascularization.

Shenchao GuoHoufa YinMingjie ZhengYizhen TangBing LuXinyi ChenQiuli FuZhenwei QinDanni LyuQiaomei TangLifang ZhangJian MaLi ZhangXiaoyun Fang

Published in: BMC ophthalmology (2019)

Serum inflammatory cytokines were significantly elevated in ICNV patients compared to controls. This suggests that systemic inflammation may play a critical role in the physiopathology of ICNV.

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end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
single cell
endothelial cells
age related macular degeneration