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

Michał Andrzej OkruszkoMaciej SzabłowskiMateusz ZarzeckiMagdalena Michnowska-KobylińskaŁukasz LisowskiMagda ŁapińskaZofia StachurskaAnna SzpakowiczKarol Adam KamińskiJoanna Konopinska
Published in: Journal of inflammation research (2024)
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.
Keyphrases
  • optic nerve
  • cataract surgery
  • oxidative stress
  • mental health
  • risk assessment
  • cerebral ischemia
  • optical coherence tomography
  • brain injury
  • human health