Preoperative Aqueous Cytokine Levels are Associated With Endothelial Cell Loss After Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty.
Yazu Hiroyuki, Yamaguchi Takefumi, Aketa Naohiko, Higa Kazunari, Suzuki Terumasa, Yagi-Yaguchi Yukari et al.
Higher preoperative aqueous inflammatory cytokines (IL-17A, MCP-1, IFN-ฮณ, E-selectin, sICAM-1) predict greater endothelial cell loss after DSAEK, suggesting inflammation impacts graft survival.