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CD11b and CD200 on circulating monocytes differentiate two angiographic subtypes of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Subhi, Yousif ; Krogh Nielsen, Marie ; Molbech, Christopher Rue ; Oishi, Akio ; Singh, Amardeep LU ; Nissen, Mogens Holst and Sørensen, Torben Lykke (2017) In Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 58(12). p.5242-5250
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Purpose: To investigate surface expression of CD11b and CD200 on circulating monocytes in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods: This was a prospective case-control study of patients with PCV (n = 27), age-matched healthy controls (n = 27), and patients with neovascular AMD (n = 49). All participants underwent a comprehensive ocular examination. Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography were performed in patients suspected of neovascular AMD or PCV. Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy was angiographically categorized into those with a strong presence of a branching vascular network (BVN) (type 1) or with a faint/no clear presence of a BVN (type 2). Fresh venous blood was stained with fluorescent antibodies for... (More)

Purpose: To investigate surface expression of CD11b and CD200 on circulating monocytes in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods: This was a prospective case-control study of patients with PCV (n = 27), age-matched healthy controls (n = 27), and patients with neovascular AMD (n = 49). All participants underwent a comprehensive ocular examination. Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography were performed in patients suspected of neovascular AMD or PCV. Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy was angiographically categorized into those with a strong presence of a branching vascular network (BVN) (type 1) or with a faint/no clear presence of a BVN (type 2). Fresh venous blood was stained with fluorescent antibodies for flow cytometric analyses. We compared the percentages of CD11b+, CD200+, and CD11b+CD200+monocytes between groups of diagnosis and between different angiographic subtypes of PCV. Results: Overall, CD11b+monocytes were both increased in patients with PCV and neovascular AMD. CD200+and CD11b+CD200+monocytes were increased in patients with neovascular AMD. An age-related increase in CD11b+CD200+monocytes was absent in patients with PCV and neovascular AMD. Patients with PCV type 1 had significantly higher CD11b+, CD200+, and CD11b+CD200+monocytes, whereas patients with PCV type 2 had levels similar to that in healthy controls. Conclusions: We found that PCV is immunologically heterogeneous with significant differences between angiographic subtypes. Increased CD11b+and CD200+monocytes in those with a strong presence of BVN indicate that BVN development may be associated with retinal injury and a VEGF-mediated process that is either reflected or propelled by systemic changes in monocytes.

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Blood, Immunology, Microglia, Monocytes, Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
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Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
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58
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12
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9 pages
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc.
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  • pmid:29049725
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0146-0404
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10.1167/iovs.17-22479
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English
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  author       = {{Subhi, Yousif and Krogh Nielsen, Marie and Molbech, Christopher Rue and Oishi, Akio and Singh, Amardeep and Nissen, Mogens Holst and Sørensen, Torben Lykke}},
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  keywords     = {{Blood; Immunology; Microglia; Monocytes; Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{10}},
  number       = {{12}},
  pages        = {{5242--5250}},
  publisher    = {{Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc.}},
  series       = {{Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science}},
  title        = {{CD11b and CD200 on circulating monocytes differentiate two angiographic subtypes of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.17-22479}},
  doi          = {{10.1167/iovs.17-22479}},
  volume       = {{58}},
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