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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2023

Evaluation of serum semaphorin 3A and interleukin 6 levels in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome.

Murat Okutucu, Medeni Arpa

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Article in International ophthalmology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Murat OkutucuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Zihni Derin Yerleşkesi-Fener Mahallesi, 53100, Merkez/Rize, Turkey. muratokutucu83@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3104-8838
Medeni ArpaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Zihni Derin Yerleşkesi-Fener Mahallesi, 53100, Merkez/Rize, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8321-4829
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University · TR

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purposeTo evaluate serum semaphorin 3A (Sema3A) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels in pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) patients to determine whether these mediators play a role in the systemic manifestations of PXS.

methodsThis prospective case-control study included 70 patients divided into PXS (n = 30) and a control group (n = 40). Serum Sema3A and IL-6 levels were analyzed using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

resultsThe PXS group had a statistically higher IL-6 level [3.6(0.64-100) pg/mL], compared to the control group [2.1(0.41-39.93) pg/mL] (p < 0.05). On the other hand, the Sema3A level of the PXS group was lower at [21.55(13.2-67.5) ng/mL] compared to the control group at [29.05(11.5-103.3) ng/mL] (p < 0.05). In the PXS group, there was no correlation between the participants' IL-6 values and Sema3A, age, and body mass index (BMI) (r = 0.153, 0.000, - 0.103, respectively, all, p > 0.05), and between Sema3A values and age and BMI values (r = 0.048, - 0.133, respectively, all, p > 0.05). In the control group, there was no correlation between the participants' IL-6 values and Sema3A, age, and BMI values (r = 0.138, - 0.001, - 0.145, respectively, all, p > 0.05) and between the Sema3A and age and BMI values (r =  - 0.078, - 0.281, respectively, all, p > 0.05).

conclusionsDecreased levels of the anti-inflammatory mediator Sema3A and increased levels of inflammatory mediator IL-6 detected in PXS suggest that these molecules may play a role in systemic manifestations of this syndrome, such as inflammation, atherosclerosis, heart arrhythmia, and Alzheimer's disease.

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Exfoliation SyndromeSemaphorin-3ACase-Control StudiesHumansInflammationInterleukin-6Interleukin-6Semaphorin-3AAlzheimer's diseaseAtherosclerosisInflammationInterleukin 6Pseudoexfoliation syndromeSemaphorin-3A

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