Serum GAS6, sAXL, IL-10, NO, and BCL-2 levels are decreased in patients with Behçet's disease.

Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) is an autoimmune chronic systemic inflammatory disease characterized by a versatile clinical spectrum. Growth arrest specific protein 6 (GAS6)/soluble AXL (sAXL) signaling pathway draws attention in the resolution of inflammation, and its deficiency is associated with chronic inflammatory, autoimmune diseases, as well as clearance of apoptotic cells by phagocytes - efferocytosis. In this study, it was aimed to investigate whether GAS6/sAXL, interleukin (IL)-10, nitric oxide (NO), and BCL-2 levels were associated with inflammation and efferocytosis contributes to the pathogenesis of BD.

The Effect of Corticosteroid Therapy on Choroidal Thickness in Patients With Covid-19 Infection: A Prospective, Comparative, and Observational Study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has many different ocular manifestations. This study evaluates the effects of the disease and the steroid used in this disease on ocular structures.

Purpose:  To evaluate the effects of Covid-19 and the steroids used in the treatment of severe infection on ocular structures and choroidal thickness.

Correlation between optical coherence tomography angiography and multifocal electroretinogram findings in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Background: Diabetic retinopathy is characterized by microvascular, neural and glial cell damage. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) can detect subclinical microvasculopathy while multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) can detect subclinical local retinal dysfunction before onset of clinically observable retinopathy. Here, we investigated the relationship between retinal dysfunction in multifocal electroretinography and vascular changes in optical coherence tomography angiography.

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and cilioretinal artery occlusion secondary to polyarteritis nodosa: A case report.

Introduction: Polyarteritis nodosa is a systemic vasculitis characterized by necrotizing inflammatory lesions affecting the middle and small arteries.

Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male presented to our ophthalmology clinic with a 1-day history of sudden vision loss in his left eye. Posterior segment examination the left eye showed optic disc borders were faint, hyperemic and fluffy with cilioretinal artery occlusion signs present.

ACPA decreases non-small cell lung cancer line growth through Akt/PI3K and JNK pathways in vitro.

Therapeutic agents used for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have limited curative efficacy and may trigger serious adverse effects. Cannabinoid ligands exert antiproliferative effect and induce apoptosis on numerous epithelial cancers. We confirmed that CB1 receptor (CB1R) is expressed in NSCLC cells in this study.

First Year Results of Suprachoroidal Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Implantation in Degenerative Macular Diseases.

Background And Objectives: This study shows the clinical data of 1-year follow-up of 8 patients with degenerative macular diseases who received suprachoroidal adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cell (ADMSC) implantation.

Methods And Results: This prospective, single-center, phase 1/2 study enrolled 8 eyes of 8 patients with degenerative macular diseases of various reasons who underwent suprachoroidal implantation of ADMSCs. All patients had severe visual field defects and severe visual loss.

Suprachoroidal Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Implantation in Patients with Dry-Type Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy: 6-Month Follow-Up Results of a Phase 2 Study.

This prospective clinical case series aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of suprachoroidal adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cell (ADMSC) implantation in patients with dry-type age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Stargardt's macular dystrophy (SMD). This study included four patients with advanced-stage dry-type AMD and four patients with SMD who underwent suprachoroidal implantation of ADMSCs. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the study was 20/200.

COMPARISON OF CORNEAL WETTING PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT DISPERSIVE OPHTHALMIC VISCOSURGICAL DEVICES: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study.

Purpose: To compare corneal wetting performances of different dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical devices.

Methods: Three different types of dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical devices, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose %2 (HPMC), sodium hyaluronate %3-sodium chondroitin sulphate %4 (HACS), and sodium hyaluronate %3 (HA), were applied on corneal surfaces of 10 healthy volunteer subjects repeatedly at 3 different time points. Corneal wetting properties of the ophthalmic viscosurgical devices were compared qualitatively and quantitatively by anterior segment optical coherence tomography for 30 minutes.

Changes in retinal vessel diameters in migraine patients during attack-free period.

Aim: To evaluate the retinal vessel diameters in patients with migraine by optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 124 eyes of 62 patients with a diagnosis of unilateral migraine during attack-free period and 42 age- and sex-matched control subjects were included. Migraine patients were divided into the ≤2 migraine attacks per month group and the ≥5 migraine attacks per month group.

Evaluation of the effect of fluorescein angiography on retinal vessel diameter: an optical coherence tomography study.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of fluorescein angiography on retinal vessel diameter with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 81 eyes of 81 patients who were performed fluorescein angiography (FA) procedure were included. Retinal vessels were examined with the Spectral-domain OCT at baseline and immediately after FA procedure.

Ocular symptoms as the initial signs of zinc deficiency.

A 2-year-old boy with a history of food allergy presented with severe edema and erythema, excoriations and honey-colored crusting on both lower eyelids, and erythematous rash on his perioral region. An evaluation for micronutrient deficiencies revealed low plasma zinc level. The patient was started on a regimen of zinc supplementation, and at 4 weeks' follow-up there was nearly complete resolution of the lesions.

Serum adiponectin, insulin resistance, and uveal melanoma: clinicopathological correlations.

To investigate the status of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, and serum adiponectin levels in patients with uveal melanoma and choroidal nevus were investigated. Our study included 86 patients with uveal melanoma, 38 patients with choroidal nevus, and 86 controls. Uveal melanomas were classified as small, medium, and large on the basis of Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) criteria.

Functional Amblyopia and Deficient Binocular Vision as Initial Clinical Features in Duane's Syndrome.

Purpose: To investigate and report the clinical characteristics at initial presentation in patients who had Duane Syndrome, especially binocular vision and functional amblyopia.

Methods: The medical files of patients with Duane's syndrome were reviewed. The main outcome measures of the study were the initial clinical characteristics including amblyopia and associated risk factors including deficiences of binocular vision.