chlamydia pneumonia and proliferative diabetic retinopathy: serologic evidences in a pilot study

Chlamydia Pneumonia and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Serologic Evidences in a Pilot Study

Purpose: Chlamydia pneumonia is a known endothelial pathogen in several vascular diseases including atherosclerosis, age-related macular degeneration and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a retinal vascular disease that may similarly be affected. We serologically investigated the presence of C. pneumonia infection in patients with proliferative diabetic r...

Association of CXCL12 and CXCR4 Genes Polymorphism with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Diabetic Patients

Introduction: Patients with diabetes are prone to develop complications related to the retina. So far, several genes have been reported in connection with the progression of retinopathy, and a group of these genes is genes involved in angiogenesis. CXCL12 and CXCR4 genes are among the most important genes in this path, which have been less studied and investigated. The aim of this study was to ...

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Subthreshold microsecond laser for proliferative diabetic retinopathy: a randomized pilot study

Aim To compare the outcomes of subthreshold microsecond (STM) and continuous-wave laser (CWL) panretinal photocoagulation (PRP). Methods In this randomized, prospective, pilot study, 20 eyes of 10 subjects with symmetric severe non-proliferative (NPDR) or low-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) were included. Each eye of the subject was randomized into either CWL or STM PRP group. P...

Diabetic retinopathy screening and treatment in Myanmar: a pilot study

Background/aims The goals of this pilot study were (a) to demonstrate the feasibility of identifying patients with vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a provincial area of Myanmar and treating them with portable lasers and (b) to gather data specific to Myanmar to help design larger cross-sectional studies of DR prevalence in Myanmar. Methods 97 consecutive patients with diabetes ...

Chemokines in proliferative diabetic retinopathy and proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

PURPOSE To determine levels of the chemokines CCL1/I-309, CCL2/MCP-1, CCL3/MIP-1alpha, CCL4/MIP-1beta, CCL7/MCP-3, CCL8/MCP-2, CXCL5/ENA-78, CXCL6/GCP-2, CXCL10/IP-10, and CXCL11/I-TAC in the vitreous humor and serum, from patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with no PVR (RD), and to investigate the ...