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Table 4 Inflammasome biomarkers in vitreous and serum as DR progresses

From: Correlation between the progression of diabetic retinopathy and inflammasome biomarkers in vitreous and serum – a systematic review

IL-1β

 

Author, Year

Scale

Assay

Control (n)

T2DM

NDR (n)

NPDR (n)

PDR (n)

Vitreous

Chen et al., 2018 [43]a

ICDRDSS

ELISA

7 (22)

11 (19)

15 (20)

23 (31)

Zhou et al., 2012 [58]

NA

ELISA

5.10 ± 5.46 (20)

NA

NA

60.43 ± 27.12 (62)

Serum

Cvitkovic et al., 2020 [41]

NA

CBA

16.4 ± 1.16 (35)

17 ± 3.03 (15)

18.6 ± 2.97 (14)

Koleva-Georgieva et al., 2011 [48]

ETDRS

ELISA

0.58 ± 1.36 (38)

1.15 ± 2.39 (11)

0.55 ± 0.78 (16)

4.15 ± 4.11 (11)

Lee et al., 2008 [49]

ETDRS

chemiluminescent immunoassay

 

0.94 ± 0.81 (28)

2.06 ± 5.94 (39)

0.79 ± 0.67 (7)

Quevedo-Martínez et al., 2021 [54]

ETDRS

CBA

36.23 ± 6.3 (16)

38.1 ± 6.8 (16)

39.4 ± 4.19 (16)

36.4 ± 5.1 (16)

IL-18

 

Author, Year

Scale

Assay

Control (n)

T2DM

NDR (n)

NPDR (n)

PDR (n)

Vitreous

Chen et al., 2018 [43]a

ICDRDSS

ELISA

7 (22)

11 (19)

15 (20)

23 (31)

Serum

Khalifa et al., 2009 [47]

Ophthalmologist

ELISA

256.4 ± 13.2 (20)

361.2 ± 7.4 (20)

395.6 ± 12.5 (20)

486.6 ± 14.2 (18)

Chorostowska-Wynimko et al., 2005 [45]

Ophthalmologist

ELISA

335 ± 93.5 (12)

NA

453 ± 149 (12)

NA

  1. All results displayed as mean±SD (n). Bold indicates significant increase relative to non-diabetic controls
  2. IL interleukin, NDR no diabetic retinopathy, NPDR non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, PDR proliferative diabetic retinopathy, T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus, NA not applicable, aextrapolation from graph as no numerical values provided