期刊
CORNEA
卷 19, 期 4, 页码 526-533出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200007000-00025
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angiogenesis; inhibition of angiogenesis; human cornea; angiogenic factors; VEGF; TGF alpha; TGF beta(1)
Purpose. To analyze presence and distribution of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transforming growth factor (TGF)alpha, and TGF beta(1) in human corneas with neovascularization due to different corneal diseases. Methods. Indirect immunohistochemistry for VEGF, TGF alpha, and TGF beta(1) was performed on paraffin-embedded corneas obtained by keratoplasty. Corneas from each of the four main groups of histopathologic diagnoses associated with corneal neovascularization were analyzed (scarring after keratitis, graft rejection/insufficiency, acute necrotizing keratitis, scarring after mechanical/chemical injury). Subclassification of inflammatory infiltrates was done using immunohistochemistry for CD3 (T-lymphocytes) and CD68 (macrophages). Results. The analyzed angiogenic factors were detectable in corneas from all four histopathologic groups in a similar distribution; capillary endothelial cells, stromal and intravascular inflammatory cells (T-lymphocytes, macrophages), and basal corneal epithelial cells stained positive for the tested angiogenic factors. Conclusion. The angiogenic factors VEGF, TGF alpha, and TGF beta(1) are detectable in human corneas with neovascularization. Their distribution is quite uniform in different corneal diseases, resulting in corneal angiogenesis. An antiangiogenic therapy inhibiting corneal neovascularization by antagonizing angiogenic factors would have to counteract several angiogenic factors.
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