Research Article

Aquaporin-1 Expression in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy and in Epiretinal Membranes

Table 1

Clinical data related to PVR and ERM membranes.

Patient numberAgeSexMembrane typeAnalysisPrevious use of silicone oil

144MPVR IIIFYes
246MPVR IIIFYes
319MPVR IIIFYes
432MERM IIIFYes
564MERM IIIFNo
665MPVR IIIFYes
768MERM IIFYes
873FERMIFNo
958FPVR IIIFYes
1074MERM IIFNo
1163FPVR II#RT-qPCRYes
1451MPVR II#RT-qPCRNo
1226MPVR I#RT-qPCRNo
1380FERM I*RT-qPCRNo
1576MERM I*RT-qPCRNo
1678FERM I*RT-qPCRNo
1745FERM I*RT-qPCRNo
1865FERM I*RT-qPCRNo
1988MERM I*RT-qPCRNo

PVR I: no previous surgery; PVR II: patients with previous surgery; ERM I: idiopathic; ERM II: other conditions associated such as diabetic retinopathy or PVR or previous surgery; M: male; F: Female; IF: immunofluorescence; RT-qPCR: real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction; #PVR pooled together to perform RT-qPCR; *idiopathic ERM pooled together. Age is expressed in years.