AIDS-Related Optic Neuropathy
HIV Stimulated Cytokines Influence Optic Nerves
Published in AIDS Weekly, November 29th, 1999
"Immunohistochemical procedures were employed to test the hypothesis that cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are involved in AIDS-related optic neuropathy and to determine the primary cell types involved," stated H.G. Saadati and colleagues from the University Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute ("Immunolocalization of IL-1 Beta and IL-6 in Optic Nerves of Patients with AIDS," Current Eye Research, 1999;19(3):264-268).
The researchers immunostained fixed sections of six human...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-11-29)
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