Erythropoietin is highly elevated in vitreous fluid of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes Care. 2005 Sep;28(9):2252-4. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.9.2252.

Authors

Yoshiya Katsura¹, Tadashi Okano, Kazuhisa Matsuno, Masahiro Osako, Masahiko Kure, Toshiya Watanabe, Yoshiki Iwaki, Masayuki Noritake, Hiroshi Kosano, Hideo Nishigori, Takeshi Matsuoka

Affiliation

¹ Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 3-20-1 Chuou Ami, Inashiki, Ibaraki, Japan, 300-0395. y-katsu@tokyo-med.ac.jp

PMID: 16123502
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.9.2252

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Diabetic Retinopathy / metabolism*
Diabetic Retinopathy / physiopathology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Erythropoietin / metabolism*
Humans
Hypoxia
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism
Vitreous Body / metabolism*

Substances

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Erythropoietin