PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND ANGIOGENIC AND ANTI-ANGIOGENIC FACTORS IN VITREOUS OF PATIENTS WITH PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND EALES’ DISEASE

Abstract

The authors demonstrate the importance of VEGF in retinal neovascularization of ED which is an idiopathic inflammatory venous occlusion. Further study is required to understand the interrelationship between VEGF and inflammatory cytokines in PDR and ED.