Cumurcu Tongabay, Ozyurt Huseyin, Demir Helin Deniz, Yardim Huseyin
Department of Ophthalmology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
Curr Eye Res. 2008 Feb;33(2):159-62. doi: 10.1080/02713680701861752.
To evaluate the levels of serum alpha 1-antitrypsin in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) and healthy control subjects without PEX.
Forty-four patient with PEX and 40 healthy control subjects (84 subjects total) were enrolled into the study. Serum ATT levels were measured using nephelometry.
The mean serum AAT concentration in PEX group was significantly higher than in the controls (p=0.0001).
Serum AAT levels were found to be increased in patients with PEX. Increased serum AAT levels in PEX may explain the role of inflammation in this group of patients.
