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Lumican Extraction from Amniotic Membrane and Determination of its Storage Temperature

Lumican is a small leucine-rich proteoglycan in the human amniotic membrane (AM) that promotes corneal epithelialization and the organization of collagen ...

Instituto de Oftalmologia Fundacion Conde de Valenciana IAP

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

It's been reported that pro-inflammatory cytokines are elevated in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR); this may contribute to the pathophysiology of the disease. The aim of this study is to measure the concentration of various inflammatory cytokines from the main CD4+ T helper inflammatory responses in blood serum from Mexican patients with DR in different stages using cytometric bead array (CBA) technology and correlate them with the presence and severity of DR in order to find possible DR biomarkers that serve as diagnostic or therapeutic predictors.

Pro-inflammatory cytokine profile is present in the serum of Mexican patients with different stages of diabetic retinopathy secondary to type 2 diabetes.

Yonathan Garfias

Instituto de Oftalmologia Fundacion Conde de Valenciana IAP

Lumican Extraction from Amniotic Membrane and Determination of its Storage Temperature