Year: 2001
Type: Proceeding article
Title: Interleukins and Cataracts
Author: Celeva V.
Author: Boshnakovska S.
Author: Josifovska T.
Author: Spirovski, M.
Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate the levels of the IL-1beta. IL-6 and TNF-alfa in the humor aqueous and serum in the patients with senile and diabetic cataract. Methods: 30 consecutive patients with senile cataract(16) and diabetic cataract(14), underwent to punctid camera anterior during the surgery. (ECCE) and blood sapless were took immediately after the operation. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay was performed for detection and measurement of the interleukins levels. Results: The production of IL-6 in the humor aqueous in diabetic cataract was significantly increased compared with the Il-6 in the samples of the senile cataract(po.05) Conclusion: The increased production of IL-6 in the humor aqueous in the patients with diabetic cataract suggest local production. Those results help for better understanding the diabetic cataract.
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Relation: XIII Congress of European society of ophthalmology
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/23458
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/23458
