Evaluation of TGF-Beta 2 and VEGFα Gene Expression Levels in Epiretinal Membranes and Internal Limiting Membranes in the Course of Retinal Detachments, Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Holes, and Idiopathic Epiretinal Membranes

Table 5

Comparison with the control group. Expression levels of VEGFα and of TGFβ2 in the ILMs in the PDR group and control group.

	ILM study group	ILM control group	value
VEGFα (in PDR)
Mean	2.96	2.63	0.339
Median	3.15	2.65
Standard deviation	1.71	2.46
TGFβ2 (in PDR)
Mean	3.23	0.64	0.007
Median	4.65	0.00
Standard deviation	2,69	1,92