Aqueous Interleukin-6 Levels Are Superior to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Predicting Therapeutic Response to Bevacizumab in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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العنوان: Aqueous Interleukin-6 Levels Are Superior to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Predicting Therapeutic Response to Bevacizumab in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
المؤلفون: Kakarla V. Chalam, Sandeep Grover, Kumar Sambhav, Sankarathi Balaiya, Ravi K. Murthy
بيانات النشر: Journal of Ophthalmology
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
الوصف: Objective. To prospectively evaluate the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab on aqueous levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and correlate clinical outcomes with cytokine levels. Methods. 30 eyes of 30 patients with exudative AMD underwent intravitreal injection of bevacizumab three times at monthly intervals. The aqueous samples prior to the 1st injection (baseline) and 3rd injection were analyzed for VEGF and IL-6 levels. Subjects were subgrouped based upon change in the central subfield (CSF) macular thickness on SD-OCT at 8 weeks. Group 1 included patients (n=14) with a decrease in CSF thickness greater than 10% from the baseline (improved group). Group 2 included patients (n=16) who had a decrease in CSF thickness 10% or less (treatment-resistant). Results. In subgroup analysis, in both groups 1 and 2 patients, compared to aqueous VEGF, aqueous IL-6 levels showed a better correlation with CSF thickness on SD-OCT (r=0.72 and 0.71, resp.). Conclusions. Aqueous IL-6 may be an important marker of treatment response or resistance in wet macular degeneration. Future therapeutic strategies may include targeted treatment against both VEGF and IL-6, in patients who do not respond to anti-VEGF treatment alone.
نوع الوثيقة: report
اللغة: English
العلاقة: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/502174Test
DOI: 10.1155/2014/502174
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/502174Test
حقوق: Copyright © 2014 Kakarla V. Chalam et al.
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.7483338A
قاعدة البيانات: BASE