The Role of Systemic Inflammation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Subtypes: Exploring Novel Biomarkers
: Patients with wet AMD exhibit a more pronounced systemic inflammatory profile than both dry AMD patients and healthy controls. These findings support the hypothesis that systemic inflammation may contribute to AMD pathogenesis. Geographic atrophy in dry AMD may also be associated with additional hematologic alterations, whereas treatment response in wet AMD is not reflected in systemic markers.
Authors
- Barbaros Hayrettin Unlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8393-8357)
- Ceren Durmaz Engin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5797-6467)
- Taylan Öztürk
Institutions
- Izmir University (TR)
- Sivas State Hospital (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnostics
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics16081144
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00