Proinflammatory cytokines and angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in vitreous of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and eales' disease

Purpose:To investigate the mechanism of angiogenesis in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and Eales’ disease (ED) on the basis of the levels of proinflammatory cytokines, angiogenic growth factor, and antiangiogenic factor in the vitreous humor.Methods:Twenty-five patients with PDR, 10 patien