THE IMPACT OF TACROLIMUS ON GROWTH FACTORS IN EXPERIMENTAL PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY

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Turgut B., Uyar F., Ustundag B., Celiker U., Akpolat N., Demir T.

RETINA-THE JOURNAL OF RETINAL AND VITREOUS DISEASES, vol.32, no.2, pp.232-241, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 32 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2012
• Doi Number: 10.1097/iae.0b013e31821e2207
• Journal Name: RETINA-THE JOURNAL OF RETINAL AND VITREOUS DISEASES
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.232-241
• Keywords: proliferative vitreoretinopathy, tacrolimus, transforming growth factor-beta, platelet-derived growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, FACTOR-BETA 1, INTRAOCULAR PROLIFERATION, INTRAVITREAL INJECTION, EXPERIMENTAL-MODEL, FK506 SUPPRESSES, LUPUS NEPHRITIS, OCULAR TOXICITY, CYCLOSPORINE-A, FACTOR-ALPHA, ACTIVATION
• Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the effect of intravitreal tacrolimus on an animal model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and on growth factors implicated in its pathogenesis.