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Paired Tear Fluid - Plasma Inflammatory Profiling Identifies Compartment-Specific Biomarkers for Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema.

OBJECTIVE: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a primary contributor to vision loss worldwide and growing with an increase in the elderly population. CONCLUSION: Tears exhibit more DEPs than plasma during the progression of DR and DME, and the two sample types show opposite inflammatory factor expression trends.

OBJECTIVE: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a primary contributor to vision loss worldwide and growing with an increase in the elderly population. CONCLUSION: Tears exhibit more DEPs than plasma during the progression of DR and DME, and the two sample types show opposite inflammatory factor expression trends.

What the study was

Study design
Not specified
Sample size
42
Category
Drug Development
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Journal of inflammation research

Why it surfaced

Relevant Rare diseases with high unmet need study (high-unmet-need population coverage) meets standard-priority threshold.

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