Involvement of premacular mast cells in the pathogenesis of macular diseases.

We previously reported on the elevated intravitreal activities of tryptase and chymase in association with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) and idiopathic macular hole (MH). In this present study, we investigated the potential intraocular production of these serine proteases, and measured and co...

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Main Authors: Takaki Sato, Seita Morishita, Taeko Horie, Masanori Fukumoto, Teruyo Kida, Hidehiro Oku, Kimitoshi Nakamura, Shinji Takai, Denan Jin, Tsunehiko Ikeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211438