Intravitreal injection of aflibercept, an anti-VEGF antagonist, down-regulates plasma von Willebrand factor in patients with age-related macular degeneration.

• Material Type: 博士論文
• Title: Intravitreal injection of aflibercept, an anti-VEGF antagonist, down-regulates plasma von Willebrand factor in patients with age-related macular degeneration.
• Author/Editor: Yamashita, Mariko; Matsumoto, Masanori; Hayakawa, Masaki; Sakai, Kazuya; Fujimura, Yoshihiro; Ogata, Nahoko
• Author Heading: Yamashita, Mariko; Matsumoto, Masanori; Hayakawa, Masaki; Sakai, Kazuya; Fujimura, Yoshihiro; Ogata, Nahoko
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2018-01-24
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2018-01-24
• Alternative Title: 抗VEGF薬アフリベルセプト硝子体注射は加齢黄斑変性患者の血漿中フォンビルブランド因子を減少させる
• Periodical title: Scientific reports
• No. or year of volume/issue: 8 1
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: Article No.1491-
• ISSN (Periodical Title): ISSN : 2045-2322
• Degree grantor/type: 奈良県立医科大学
• Date Granted: 2018-06-27
• Dissertation Number: 甲第684号
• Degree Type: 博士（医学）
• Text Language Code: und
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (General): type:Thesis; We investigated the association between von Willebrand factor (VWF) and exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 114 Japanese patients. Intravitreal injection of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor is the most effective therapy for AMD. Therefore, we analyzed changes of VWF antigen (VWF:Ag) and VWF multimers (VWFMs) after intravitreal injection of aflibercept, an anti-VEGF antagonist. The relationship between polymorphisms in complement factor H (p.Y402H and p.I62V) and AMD was previously reported. In our patients, p.I62V, but not p.Y402H, was significantly associated with an increased risk of AMD. Pre-treatment plasma levels of VWF:Ag in patients with AMD were significantly higher than those in controls. Unusually large VWFMs (UL-VWFMs) were detected in the majority of AMD patients with concurrent vitreous or subretinal hemorrhage. After intravitreal injection of aflibercept, plasma levels of VWF:Ag and VEGF-A were significantly decreased. UL-VWFMs disappeared after aflibercept injection in three cases, but persisted even 1 month after injection in the other five cases. In conclusion, plasma VWF:Ag levels were significantly elevated in patients with AMD, and decreased after intravitreal aflibercept injection. VWF may play an important role in the pathophysiology of AMD, and aflibercept might improve AMD by reducing plasma levels of VWF in addition to VEGF-A.; 博士（医学）・甲第684号・平成30年6月27日; © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.; identifier:Scientific reports Vol.8 No.1 Article No.1491 (2018 Jan); identifier:20452322; identifier:http://ginmu.naramed-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10564/3453; identifier:Scientific reports, 8(1): Article No.1491
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• Related Material (DOI): 10.1038/s41598-018-19473-0
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