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Fibrosis, gene expression and orbital inflammatory disease

  • James T. Rosenbaum
  • , Dongseok Choi
  • , David J. Wilson
  • , Hans E. Grossniklaus
  • , Christina A. Harrington
  • , Roger A. Dailey
  • , John D. Ng
  • , Eric A. Steele
  • , Craig N. Czyz
  • , Jill A. Foster
  • , David Tse
  • , Chris Alabiad
  • , Sander Dubovy
  • , Prashant Parekh
  • , Gerald J. Harris
  • , Michael Kazim
  • , Payal Patel
  • , Valerie White
  • , Peter Dolman
  • , Deepak P. Edward
  • Hind Alkatan, Hailahal Hussain, Dinesh Selva, Patrick Yeatts, Bobby Korn, Don Kikkawa, Patrick Stauffer, Stephen R. Planck

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Abstract

Background/Aims: To clarify the pathogenesis of fibrosis in inflammatory orbital diseases, we analysed the gene expression in orbital biopsies and compared our Results: with those reported for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Methods: We collected 140 biopsies from 138 patients (58 lacrimal glands; 82 orbital fat). Diagnoses included healthy controls (n=27), non-specific orbital inflammation (NSOI) (n=61), thyroid eye disease (TED) (n=29), sarcoidosis (n=14) and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) (n=7). Fibrosis was scored on a 0-3 scale by two experts, ophthalmic pathologists. Gene expression was quantified using Affymetrix U133 plus 2.0 microarray. Results: Within orbital fat, fibrosis was greatest among subjects with GPA (2.75±0.46) and significantly increased in tissue from subjects with GPA, NSOI or sarcoidosis ( p

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1424-1429
Number of pages6
JournalBritish Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume99
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology
  • Sensory Systems
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • General Medicine

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