scholarly journals Correlation of Vitreous Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Uric Acid Concentration Using Optical Coherence Tomography in Diabetic Macular Edema

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libuse Krizova ◽  
Marta Kalousova ◽  
Ales Antonin Kubena ◽  
Oldrich Chrapek ◽  
Barbora Chrapkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Optical Coherence Tomography ◽  
Uric Acid ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Macular Edema ◽  
Diabetic Macular Edema ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Optical Coherence ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor

Purpose. We investigated two factors linked to diabetic macular edema (DME), vitreous and serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and uric acid (UA) in patients with DME, and compared the results with changes in optical coherence tomography (OCT) and visual acuity (VA).Methods. A prospective study of 29 eyes, 16 cystoid DME and nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) and 13 nondiabetic controls. Biochemical analysis of vitreous and serum samples was performed and OCT scans were graded according to central retinal thickness (CRT), cube volume (CV), cube average thickness (CAT), and serous retinal detachment (SRD).Results. In DME group, intravitreal concentrations of VEGF (p<0.001), UA (p=0.038), and total protein (p<0.001) were significantly higher than in control group. In DME subjects, intravitreal UA correlated significantly with intravitreal VEGF (ƍ= 0.559,p=0.03) but not with total vitreous protein and serum UA. Increased intravitreal VEGF in DME group correlated with increase in CV (ƍ= 0.515/p=0.041). None of the OCT parameters correlated with the VA.Conclusions. The results suggest that the CV might be assessor of anti-VEGF therapy efficacy. Second, apart from VEGF, the role of UA in the pathogenesis and progression of DR should be considered.

scholarly journals The Usefulness of Serum Sorbitol and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A in Predicting Diabetic Retinopathy as Compared to Optical Coherence Tomography

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Sanaa Gadbaan Hama Almandlawi ◽  
Muhanad Salah Mawlood
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Optical Coherence Tomography ◽  
Diabetic Retinopathy ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Optical Coherence ◽  
Diagnostic Efficiency ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor

Background: No specific and sufficient diagnostic biomarkers are currently available for predicting diabetic retinopathy (DR). Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the validity of serum sorbitol and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (VEGF-A) in diagnosing DR and differentiating it from diabetes without retinopathy (DNR). The study also investigated the diagnostic efficiency of these biomarkers when compared to optical coherence tomography OCT. Methods: A cross-sectional study included 164 diabetes mellitus patients: 30 patients with no retinopathy (the control group), 86 patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), and 48 patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR). Patients were referred to the Layla Qasim Diabetic Center between November 2016 and October 2017 and an ophthalmologist established a DR diagnosis using OCT. Serum sorbitol and serum VEGF-A were measured for all patients. Results: By using study biomarkers, the cut-off values of VEGF-A (124.7 ng/ml) and sorbitol (0.3112 mg/ml) were established, and their validity parameters. For sorbitol, the values were as follows: specificity was 75.4, the sensitivity was 80 and 68.3% of observed agreement with the results of the OCT technique. For VEGF-A, the specificity was 73.1 the sensitivity was 80 and 76.2% of the observed agreement. The combined parallel test was applied as negative if both the tests were negative or as positive if either of the tests was positive: a highly significant statistical agreement (Kappa test p <0.001) was found with the gold standard diagnosis (OCT), with 85.4% of observed agreement. Conclusion: A combination of serum sorbitol and VEGF-A for diagnosing DR and for differentiating DR from DNR patients exhibits a significant agreement with an OCT diagnosis.

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