Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement System

A common complication of diabetes mellitus, mainly type 2, is diabetic retinopathy, among which the most unfavorable form for complete loss of vision is considered to be proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The participation of the complement system in the development of proliferative diabetic retino...

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Main Authors: O. L. Fabrikantov, N. M. Agarkov, I. V. Lev, T. S. Gurko, S. I. Nikolashin
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Language:Russian
Published: Ophthalmology Publishing Group 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.ophthalmojournal.com/opht/article/view/1993
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author O. L. Fabrikantov
N. M. Agarkov
I. V. Lev
T. S. Gurko
S. I. Nikolashin
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description A common complication of diabetes mellitus, mainly type 2, is diabetic retinopathy, among which the most unfavorable form for complete loss of vision is considered to be proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The participation of the complement system in the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy is mainly devoted to experimental work on a limited number of blood complement components and without assessing their risk in the pathogenesis of the disease. The purpose of the study was to determine the association of components of the blood serum complement system with the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the elderly. In clinical conditions, 115 patients 60–74 years old suffering from proliferative diabetic retinopathy and 48 patients of the same age with the absence of this ophthalmopathology were examined. The components of the blood complement system were studied by enzyme immunoassay and hemolytic method. The relative risk of the influence of the complement components was calculated according to the generally accepted method. There was a statistically significant increase in the blood serum of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy of most components of the complement system, with the exception of the C1 ing. and C5 components. The content of the C3a component increased especially to 127.6 ± 4.7 ng / ml versus 30.4 ± 3.5 ng/ml in the control, the C5a component to 5.6 ± 0.5 ng/ml versus 2.4 ± 0.3 ng/ml, and factor H to 228.7 ± 4.9 versus 106.3 ± 3.8 mng / ml, respectively. The highest value of the relative risk among the studied components is inherent in the C3a component of the blood complement with a reliable confidence interval of 4,451–5,103. The development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the elderly is associated with an increased content of C3a, C5a components and factor H in the blood serum, which can be used to develop targeted therapy for this disease.
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spelling doaj.art-ba73a41fac344d6083a67c02a66e20b22024-10-17T16:12:02ZrusOphthalmology Publishing GroupOftalʹmologiâ1816-50952500-08452023-01-0119482983410.18008/1816-5095-2022-4-829-834979Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement SystemO. L. Fabrikantov0N. M. Agarkov1I. V. Lev2T. S. Gurko3S. I. Nikolashin4Tambovsky branch of S. Fyodorov, Eye Microsurgery Federal State InstitutionSouthwest State University; Belgorod State National Research UniversityTambovsky branch of S. Fyodorov, Eye Microsurgery Federal State InstitutionTambovsky branch of S. Fyodorov, Eye Microsurgery Federal State InstitutionTambovsky branch of S. Fyodorov, Eye Microsurgery Federal State InstitutionA common complication of diabetes mellitus, mainly type 2, is diabetic retinopathy, among which the most unfavorable form for complete loss of vision is considered to be proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The participation of the complement system in the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy is mainly devoted to experimental work on a limited number of blood complement components and without assessing their risk in the pathogenesis of the disease. The purpose of the study was to determine the association of components of the blood serum complement system with the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the elderly. In clinical conditions, 115 patients 60–74 years old suffering from proliferative diabetic retinopathy and 48 patients of the same age with the absence of this ophthalmopathology were examined. The components of the blood complement system were studied by enzyme immunoassay and hemolytic method. The relative risk of the influence of the complement components was calculated according to the generally accepted method. There was a statistically significant increase in the blood serum of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy of most components of the complement system, with the exception of the C1 ing. and C5 components. The content of the C3a component increased especially to 127.6 ± 4.7 ng / ml versus 30.4 ± 3.5 ng/ml in the control, the C5a component to 5.6 ± 0.5 ng/ml versus 2.4 ± 0.3 ng/ml, and factor H to 228.7 ± 4.9 versus 106.3 ± 3.8 mng / ml, respectively. The highest value of the relative risk among the studied components is inherent in the C3a component of the blood complement with a reliable confidence interval of 4,451–5,103. The development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the elderly is associated with an increased content of C3a, C5a components and factor H in the blood serum, which can be used to develop targeted therapy for this disease.https://www.ophthalmojournal.com/opht/article/view/1993blood complement systemselderlyproliferative diabetic retinopathy
spellingShingle O. L. Fabrikantov
N. M. Agarkov
I. V. Lev
T. S. Gurko
S. I. Nikolashin
Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement System
Oftalʹmologiâ
blood complement systems
elderly
proliferative diabetic retinopathy
title Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement System
title_full Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement System
title_fullStr Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement System
title_full_unstemmed Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement System
title_short Association of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the Elderly with the Blood Complement System
title_sort association of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the elderly with the blood complement system
topic blood complement systems
elderly
proliferative diabetic retinopathy
url https://www.ophthalmojournal.com/opht/article/view/1993
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