Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULTS: Histologically, the enucleated eyes demonstrated the presence of macrophage infiltration and cholesterol clefts in the subretinal space. There were marked retinal vascular abnormalities, including dilated vessels with hyalinized vessel walls in six globes. Exudative retinal detachment was noted in all globes. VEGF immunoreactivity was observed in macrophages infiltrating the subretinal space, and in the detached retina including several blood vessels. VEGF-positivity in macrophages was significantly higher in cases containing retinal vessel abnormalities than those without the abnormalities (P < 0.01). VEGFR-2 immunoreactivity was detected in endothelial cells lining the abnormal retinal vessels, where VEGFR-1 or VEGFR-3 was not expressed. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Satoru Kase, Narsing A Rao, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Junichi Fukuhara, Kousuke Noda, Atsuhiro Kanda, Susumu Ishida |
Journal | Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
(Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci)
Vol. 54
Issue 1
Pg. 57-62
(Jan 07 2013)
ISSN: 1552-5783 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23221067
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- VEGFA protein, human
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Cell Membrane Permeability
(physiology)
- Gene Expression
(physiology)
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Macrophages
(pathology, physiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retina
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Retinal Detachment
(genetics, metabolism, pathology)
- Retinal Telangiectasis
(metabolism, pathology, physiopathology)
- Retinal Vessels
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Tissue Banks
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
(genetics, metabolism)
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
(genetics, metabolism)
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