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November 1, 1999British Journal of OphthalmologyOpen Access

Detection of cytokine mRNA production in infiltrating cells in proliferative vitreoretinopathy using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Ibraheem A. El-Ghrably Harminder S. Dua Gavin Orr David H. Fischer Patrick J. Tighe

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Abstract

The presence of mRNA encoding for IL-6, IL-1beta, IL-8, and TNFalpha is significantly detected by RT-PCR in vitreous and SRF samples of patients with PVR, indicating local production of these cytokines by vitreous and SRF cells.

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