Plasma levels of hypoxia-regulated factors in patients with age-related macular degeneration.
Zygoula IoannaSchori ChristianGrimm ChristianBarthelmes DanielPublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2017)
nAMD may increase plasma concentrations of PlGF, making it a candidate as a biomarker for the neovascular form of AMD. Other factors, however, were not differentially regulated, suggesting that their systemic concentrations are not generally increased in hypoxia-related retinal diseases.