TY - JOUR A1 - Zhu, Dan A1 - Zhu, He A1 - Wang, Chunyan A1 - Yang, Dayong T1 - Intraocular soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 correlates with subretinal fluid height of diabetic macular edema Y1 - 2014/3/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 295 EP - 298 VL - 62 IS - 3 UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2014;volume=62;issue=3;spage=295;epage=298;aulast=Zhu DO - 10.4103/0301-4738.111184 N2 - Objective: To investigate the correlations between aqueous concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and diabetic macular edema (DME). Materials and Methods: VEGF, MCP-1 and sICAM-1 concentrations in aqueous humor samples of 22 patients with DME and 23 patients with cataract of a control group were measured with solid-phase chemiluminescence immunoassay. Results: Aqueous VEGF (89.2 ± 58.5 pg/ml versus 48.5 ± 27.8 pg/ml, P = 0.006), MCP-1 (684.2 ± 423.4 pg/ml versus 432.4 ± 230.4 pg/ml, P = 0.019) and sICAM-1 (3213.8 ± 2581.6 pg/ml versus 260.2 ± 212.2 pg/ml, P < 0.001) all vary significantly between DME group and control group. Maximum height of submacular fluid measured by Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was significantly associated with aqueous sICAM-1 (r = -0.45, P = 0.034). The maximum height of macular thickness measured by OCT was not significantly associated with either VEGF (P = 0.300), MCP-1 (P = 0.320) or sICAM-1 (P = 0.285). Conclusions: Our results suggest that sICAM-1 may majorly contribute to the formation of subretinal fluid in DME patients and imply that MCP-1 and sICAM-1 may be the potential therapy targets, besides VEGF. ER -