摘要
AIM:ToevaluatethehighsensitivityC-reactiveprotein(hsCRP),Fetuin-Aandmatrixγ-carboxyglutamateprotein(MGP)asthemainfactorsforvascularcalcificationandinflammationinserumofpatientswithadvancedage-relatedmaculardegeneration(ARMD)incomparisontohealthycontrols.METHODS:Thesubjectswere40patientswithchoroidalneovascularization(CNV)havingameanageof70.9±9.1yandamatchedgroupof49apparentlyhealthycontrolsubjects.TheARMDwasdiagnosedusingaslitlampwithsuperfieldlens,fundusphotographyandfluoresceinangiography.MeasurementofhsCRPwasdonebynephelometrymethod.LevelsofFetuin-AandMGPweremeasuredbyenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay(ELISA)technique.RESULTS:hsCRP[0.45(0.07-2.63)mg/Lvs0.25(0.03-1.2)mg/L,P=0.02)]andFetuin-Alevels(50.27±5.04vs44.99±10.28ng/mL,P=0.009)werehigherinthepatientsthaninthecontrolgroups.WecouldnotfindsignificantdifferenceinMGPlevelbetweentwogroups(P=0.08).TherewasnotasignificantcorrelationbetweenMGPwithFetuin-AandhsCRPamongthepatients(P=0.7,P=0.9respectively).AsignificantnegativecorrelationofhsCRPwithFetuin-Awasobservedinbothcaseandcontrolgroups(P=0.004,r=-0.33andP=0.001,r=-0.54,respectively).CONCLUSION:AlthoughourstudyshowsthatserumhsCRPandFetuin-AisincreasedinCNVpatientsaswellasnegativelycorrelatedwithbothstudygroups,theirdirectroleonpathogenesisofARMDrequiredfuturestudies.
出版日期
2015年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
