Increased vascular endothelial growth factor levels in the vitreous of eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The vitreous levels of the angiogenic polypeptide vascular endothelial growth factor (also known as vascular permeability factor) were measured and compared in eyes with and without proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Undiluted vitreous samples from 20 eyes were collected at the time of vitrectomy, and vascular endothelial growth factor levels were determined by using a time-resolved immunofluorometric assay. Vitreous vascular endothelial growth factor levels were significantly higher in eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy than in eyes without proliferative diabetic retinopathy (P = .006; Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test). The median vitreous concentration in the eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy was 29.1 pM and exceeded the known concentration required for the maximal proliferation of vascular endothelial cells in vitro. These data are consistent with vascular endothelial growth factor serving as a physiologically relevant angiogenic factor in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

publication date

  • October 15, 1994

Research

keywords

  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Endothelial Growth Factors
  • Lymphokines
  • Vitreous Body

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0028123090

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)75794-0

PubMed ID

  • 7943121

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 118

issue

  • 4