Review Article

A Review of Complicated Cataract in Retinitis Pigmentosa: Pathogenesis and Cataract Surgery

Table 1

Changes of cytokines between RP patients and the control group in different fluid.

AuthorYearTest groupControl groupILChemokinesGFMMP and other cytokines

Okita et al. [35]2020Serum in RP patientsSerum in without RPIL-2↑, IL-10↑, IL-17↑IL-8↑, RANTES↑NAn.s.
Lu et al. [34]2020AH in RP patientsAH in ARCn.s.IL-8↑, MCP-1↑, IP-10↑HGF↑, PDGF-AA↑MMP-2↑, MMP3↑, MMP-7↑, MMP-8↑, PAI-1↑, TSP-2↑, BMP-4↓
Ten Berge et al. [33]2019IOF in RP patientsRP paired serumIL-2↑, IL-6ra↓, IL-6↑, IL-23↓MCP-1↑, TARC↓PlGF↑, VEGF↓n.s.
Yoshida et al. [31]2013AH in RP patientsAH in cataractn.s.IL-8↑, TARC↑, MCP-1↑NAn.s.
Vitreous fluid in RP patientsVitreous fluid in iERM patientsIL-1α↑, IL-1β↑, IL-2↑, IL-4↑, IL-6↑, IL-10↑IL-8↑, TARC↑, MCP-1↑, MCP-2↑, GRO-α↑, I-309↑, IP-10↑NAIFN-γ
Salom et al. [37]2010AH in RP patientsAH in cataractNANAHGF↑NA
Salom et al. [36]2008AH in RP patientsAH in cataractNANAVEGF-A↓NA

All data in the list were considered statistically significant (-value < 0.05). RP = retinitis pigmentosa; IL = interleukin; GF = growth factor; MMP = matrix metalloproteinase; RANTES = regulated activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted; NA = not available; n.s. = not statistically significant (); AH = aqueous humor; ARC = age-related cataract; MCP-1 = monocyte chemotactic protein 1; IP-10 = interferon γ inducible protein 10; HGF = hepatocyte growth factor; PDGF-AA = platelet-derived growth factor AA; PAI-1 = plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; TSP-2 = thrombospondin-2; BMP-4 = bone morphogenetic protein-4; IOF = intraocular fluid; TARC = thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine; PlGF = placental growth factor; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor; iERM = idiopathic epiretinal membrane; Gro-α = growth related oncogene-α; IFN-γ = interferon gamma.