title: The aqueous levels of TGF-beta2 in patients with glaucoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the aqueous levels of transforming growth factor beta-2 (TGF-beta2) in open angle glaucoma patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The aqueous levels of active TGF-beta2 were detected in 17 eyes of 17 patients using ELISA method. The control group consisted of 6 cataract extracted patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age of the patients (60.8 +/- 8.8 years) was similar to that of the controls (57.5 +/- 9.8 years) (p = 0.516). Levels of TGF-beta2 in aqueous samples of glaucoma patients (2.74+/- 1.23 ng/ml) were found to be elevated when compared to those of controls (1.67 +/- 0.32 ng/ml) (p = 0.020).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We might suggest that the elevated levels of TGF-beta2 in the aqueous of glaucoma patients could play a role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey. altanoz@mail.cu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Altan Atakan
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Nusret
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Canataroglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2
chemical_list: C509041:TGFB2 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2