Increased expression of periostin in vitreous and fibrovascular membranes obtained from patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Preretinal fibrovascular membranes (FVMs) form as a sequela to proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), and their presence can lead to a severe decrease of vision. The purpose of this study was to determine whether periostin, a matricellular protein that plays a role in cell adhesion and migration,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2011-07, Vol.52 (8), p.5670-5678
Hauptverfasser: Yoshida, Shigeo, Ishikawa, Keijiro, Asato, Ryo, Arima, Mitsuru, Sassa, Yukio, Yoshida, Ayako, Yoshikawa, Hiroshi, Narukawa, Keisuke, Obika, Satoshi, Ono, Junya, Ohta, Shoichiro, Izuhara, Kenji, Kono, Toshihiro, Ishibashi, Tatsuro
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