The Relationship between Ocular Vascular Changes and the Levels of Malondialdehyde and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Sengul S., Poturoglu S., Samanci C., Ustabasioglu F., Koldas M., Duman A., ...Daha Fazla

OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION, cilt.29, sa.7-8, ss.1459-1463, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 7-8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1740281
  • Dergi Adı: OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1459-1463
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Inflammatory bowel disease, ocular color doppler ultrasonography, malondialdehyde, vascular endothelial growth factor, resistivity index, ULCERATIVE-COLITIS, CROHNS-DISEASE, BLOOD-FLOW, UVEITIS, VEGF
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: We evaluated ocular hemodynamic changes, malondialdehyde(MDA) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in patients with IBD. Methods: We used ocular color Doppler ultrasonography to analyze 56 eyes with Crohn's disease (CD), 62 eyes with ulcerative colitis (UC), 68 eyes of healthy volunteers. We measured peak systolic velocity (PSV),end-diastolic velocity (EDV),and the resistivity index (RI) of ophthalmic artery (OA) and central retinal artery (CRA). MDA and VEGF levels were measured in the plasma samples. Results: MDA levels were significantly higher in both UC and CD patients, whereas VEGF levels were only higher in the CD group (p = .003,p < .001,p = .01).The PSV and EDV of the OA were significantly lower in CD patients (p = .017,p = .001). The EDV of the CRA was significantly lower in CD patients than UC patients and controls (p = .014,p < .001). Conclusions: CD patients exhibited decreased blood flow in both the OA and CRA. Ocular vascular flow was only affected in CD patients. We found that ocular ischemia may occur in CD patients even in the absence of any clinical finding.