Project description:We identified lncRNA expression profiles in vitreous samples between proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) patients and idiopathic macular hole (IMH) patients, and between PDR patients who had received preoperative anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy and PDR patients who had received surgery alone. There had been the systemic expression differences in vitreous at the microarray level from PDR patients and IMH patients, and from PDR patients after anti-VEGF treatment and untreated PDR patients.
Project description:To reveal the expression profiles of transfer RNA-derived small RNA (tsRNA)s and microRNA (miRNA)s in the vitreous humour of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).
Project description:To investigate the key regulators of the disease by comparing the abundance of vitreous proteins between the patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and the controls with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM).
Project description:Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is a vision-threatening disorder characterized by the formation of cicatricial fibrovascular membranes leading to traction retinal detachment. Despite the recent advance in the treatment of PDR such as vitreoretinal surgery with use of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drug as an adjunct, it still remains vision-threatening disease. In order to identify genes associated with the pathogenesis of PDR, we performed gene expression analyses in fibrovascular membrane in patients with PDR using DNA microarray technology.
Project description:Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the advanced stage of diabetic retinopathy (DR), coupling with irregular neovascularization, and is the leading cause of blindness in working-age people; but the molecular mechanism of vascular differentiation in PDR remains poorly characterized. In our study, we obtained the transcriptome profile of neovascular proliferative membrane specimens from patients with PDR via high-throughput sequencing and advanced bioinformatics. Marker genes of neovascularization were validated and distinct gene expression patterns were formed of PDR compared with normal retina. We also discovered gene sets that were co-expressed with vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), including transcription factors (TFs) that dysregulate VEGFA. In particular, ETS transcription factors family could negatively regulate VEGFA. We also detected a set of genes related to PDR was dramatically changed from pre-mRNA to mature mRNA. In summary, our study firstly presented the profile of neovascular proliferative membrane and identified new marker genes and key regulators of VEGFA, which could contribute the molecular therapy of PDR in the future.
Project description:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of irreversible vision impairment and blindness. To explore the dynamics of aqueous humor (AH) protein profiles during four stages from non-diabetic individuals to proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients, especially to improve our understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).
Project description:Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is a vision-threatening disorder characterized by the formation of cicatricial fibrovascular membranes leading to traction retinal detachment. Despite the recent advance in the treatment of PDR such as vitreoretinal surgery with use of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drug as an adjunct, it still remains vision-threatening disease. In order to identify genes associated with the pathogenesis of PDR, we performed gene expression analyses in fibrovascular membrane in patients with PDR using DNA microarray technology. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kyushu University Hospital and Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, and the surgical specimens were handled in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1989 Declaration of Helsinki. All patients gave informed consent before inclusion in the study. Fibrovascular membranes (FVMs) were surgically dissected from the retinal surface with horizontal scissors of patients with PDR undergoing pars plana vitrectomy. These specimens were classified into active and inactive according to the clinical findings of neovascularization (NV) in the FVMs.Total RNA were extracted from the FVMs. RNA from human retina was obtained from Clontech (Palo Alto, CA).
Project description:To investigate the changes in aqueous humor (AH) protein profiles before and after intravitreal aflibercept (IVA) treatment in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) patients. 5 PDR patients provided 10 samples of AH before and after IVA treatment (pre-group vs post-group). Proteins were identified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Then, bioinformatics was employed to investigate the functional significance of differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) and hub proteins.