Plasma levels of inflammatory chemokines in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Abstract

Patients with PCV have a higher plasma level of fractalkine. Although the differences do not possess strong biomarker qualities, they inform on disease processes of a poorly understood disease and suggest that the fractalkine-CX3CR1 axis may be involved. As this study did not investigate local chemokine concentrations, we are unable to confirm or disprove any local chorioretinal interaction, and our findings should be interpreted with such caution.