Correlation between tear levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and vitamin D at retinopathy of prematurity stages in preterm infants

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Deregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels leads to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Vitamin D (VIT-D) is known to regulate VEGF in an oxygen dependent manner. The purpose of this study was to correlate tear levels of VEGF and VIT-D with different ROP stages in preterm infants. In this prospective cross-sectional study, we enrolled 104 pre-term infants. They were grouped into: Group-1 (Classical ROP) and Group-2 (Aggressive ROP), which were further subdivided into Group-1A (progressing), Group-1B (regressing), Group-2A (pre-treatment), and Group-2B (post-treatment). Tear VEGF and VIT-D levels and their association with different ROP stages were assessed. Stage 1 and stage 2 had higher whereas stage 3 had lower VEGF levels in Group-1B compared to Group-1A. Stage 1 and stage 3 showed higher levels of VIT-D with no difference in stage 2 in Group-1B compared to Group-1A., Group-2B showed higher VEGF and lower VIT-D levels compared to Group-2A. Presence of a positive correlation at an early stage (stage 1) of ROP and a negative correlation at a more advanced stage (stage 3) of ROP with VIT-D and VEGF implies stage-specific distinct signaling crosstalk. These findings suggest that VIT-D supplementation may have the potential to modify the course and outcome of ROP.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 16175

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murugeswari, Ponnalagu [VerfasserIn]
Vinekar, Anand [VerfasserIn]
Prakalapakorn, S Grace [VerfasserIn]
Anandula, Venkata Ramana [VerfasserIn]
Subramani, Murali [VerfasserIn]
Vaidya, Tanuja Arun [VerfasserIn]
Nair, Archana Padmanabhan [VerfasserIn]
Jayadev, Chaitra [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Arkasubhra [VerfasserIn]
Kumaramanickavel, Govindasamy [VerfasserIn]
Shetty, Rohit [VerfasserIn]
Das, Debashish [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1406-16-2
Journal Article
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Vitamin D

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 19.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-43338-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362553386