The role of the cytokines in the pathogenesis of pseudoexfoliation syndrome

Yildirim Z., Yildirim F., Ucgun N. I., SEPİCİ DİNÇEL A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.6, no.1, pp.50-53, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 6 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2013.01.10
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.50-53
  • Keywords: pseudoexfoliation syndrome, inflammation, vascular endothelial growth factor, interleukin-6, interleukin-1 beta, ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH-FACTOR, OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA, AQUEOUS-HUMOR, NITRIC-OXIDE, EXFOLIATION SYNDROME, INTERLEUKIN-6, EXPRESSION, MARKERS, NITRATE, PLASMA
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

AIM: To examine the mechanism of the development of pseudoexfoliation (PSX) syndrome via both cytokine formation and endothelial vasorelaxing and growth factors that will provide us new therapeutic insights for the treatment.