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Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between retinal blood flow, presence or absence of recurrence of macular edema, and levels of cytokines, after intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IRI) in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods: In 47 patients with BRVO and macular edema,...

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Autores principales: Noma, Hidetaka, Yasuda, Kanako, Mimura, Tatsuya, Suganuma, Noboru, Shimura, Masahiko
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10010058
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author Noma, Hidetaka
Yasuda, Kanako
Mimura, Tatsuya
Suganuma, Noboru
Shimura, Masahiko
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Yasuda, Kanako
Mimura, Tatsuya
Suganuma, Noboru
Shimura, Masahiko
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description Purpose: To investigate the relationship between retinal blood flow, presence or absence of recurrence of macular edema, and levels of cytokines, after intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IRI) in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods: In 47 patients with BRVO and macular edema, we used laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) to measure the relative flow volume (RFV) of the retinal arteries and veins passing through the optic disc in the occluded and non-occluded regions of the retina before and after IRI. Aqueous humor samples were obtained at the time of IRI. Levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), soluble VEGF receptor (sVEGFR)-1, sVEGFR-2, placental growth factor (PlGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-AA, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule (sICAM)-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-12 (p70), IL-13 and interferon-inducible 10-kDa protein (IP-10) were measured by the suspension array method. Patients were categorized into two groups on the basis of whether or not macular edema recurred at 2 months after IRI: the nonrecurrent group, n = 24; and the recurrent group, n = 23. Results: In the veins of the occluded region, RFV showed a significant difference between baseline and 1 month after IRI (p < 0.001) in the recurrent group and the percent change of RFV showed a significant difference between the recurrent and nonrecurrent groups (p = 0.005). Furthermore, we found a significant negative correlation between RFV in the veins of the occluded region and aqueous levels of MCP-1, IL-8 and IP-10 at baseline (p = 0.029, p = 0.035, and p = 0.039, respectively). In the recurrent group, the arteries and veins of the non-occluded and occluded regions showed no significant association between RFV and the aqueous levels of any factors. Conclusions: These findings suggested that a decrease in RFV in the veins of the occluded region might be associated with the recurrence of macular edema and that the recurrence might depend on the change in RFV in the veins of the occluded region rather than the levels of cytokines.
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spelling pubmed-77960372021-01-10 Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion Noma, Hidetaka Yasuda, Kanako Mimura, Tatsuya Suganuma, Noboru Shimura, Masahiko J Clin Med Article Purpose: To investigate the relationship between retinal blood flow, presence or absence of recurrence of macular edema, and levels of cytokines, after intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IRI) in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods: In 47 patients with BRVO and macular edema, we used laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) to measure the relative flow volume (RFV) of the retinal arteries and veins passing through the optic disc in the occluded and non-occluded regions of the retina before and after IRI. Aqueous humor samples were obtained at the time of IRI. Levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), soluble VEGF receptor (sVEGFR)-1, sVEGFR-2, placental growth factor (PlGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-AA, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule (sICAM)-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-12 (p70), IL-13 and interferon-inducible 10-kDa protein (IP-10) were measured by the suspension array method. Patients were categorized into two groups on the basis of whether or not macular edema recurred at 2 months after IRI: the nonrecurrent group, n = 24; and the recurrent group, n = 23. Results: In the veins of the occluded region, RFV showed a significant difference between baseline and 1 month after IRI (p < 0.001) in the recurrent group and the percent change of RFV showed a significant difference between the recurrent and nonrecurrent groups (p = 0.005). Furthermore, we found a significant negative correlation between RFV in the veins of the occluded region and aqueous levels of MCP-1, IL-8 and IP-10 at baseline (p = 0.029, p = 0.035, and p = 0.039, respectively). In the recurrent group, the arteries and veins of the non-occluded and occluded regions showed no significant association between RFV and the aqueous levels of any factors. Conclusions: These findings suggested that a decrease in RFV in the veins of the occluded region might be associated with the recurrence of macular edema and that the recurrence might depend on the change in RFV in the veins of the occluded region rather than the levels of cytokines. MDPI 2020-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7796037/ /pubmed/33375281 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10010058 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Noma, Hidetaka
Yasuda, Kanako
Mimura, Tatsuya
Suganuma, Noboru
Shimura, Masahiko
Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
title Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
title_full Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
title_fullStr Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
title_full_unstemmed Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
title_short Retinal Microcirculation and Cytokines as Predictors for Recurrence of Macular Edema after Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
title_sort retinal microcirculation and cytokines as predictors for recurrence of macular edema after intravitreal ranibizumab injection in branch retinal vein occlusion
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10010058
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