Patients with central serous chorioretinopathy have high circulating alpha-klotho concentrations

Stress is a risk factor for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), but a suitable biomarker of this stress has not been identified. We aimed to evaluate alpha-klotho (αKl) as a potential biomarker of CSC. The circulating concentrations of αKl in patients diagnosed with acute or chronic CSC and trea...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-12, Vol.18 (12), p.e0295795-e0295795
Main Authors: Tahara, Eri, Yamamoto, Yuki, Sugisawa, Takaaki, Gomi, Fumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Biology and Life Sciences
Biomarkers
Care and treatment
Circulation
Comparative analysis
Consent
Diagnosis
Engineering and Technology
Evidence-based medicine
Health aspects
Klotho protein
Lasers
Medical colleges
Medical imaging
Medical records
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine, Experimental
Men
Pathophysiology
Patients
Research and Analysis Methods
Retinitis pigmentosa
Risk factors
Sex
Smoking
Social Sciences
Systemic diseases
Tomography
Type 2 diabetes
Women
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Summary:Stress is a risk factor for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), but a suitable biomarker of this stress has not been identified. We aimed to evaluate alpha-klotho (αKl) as a potential biomarker of CSC. The circulating concentrations of αKl in patients diagnosed with acute or chronic CSC and treated at Hyogo College of Medicine between December 2019 and July 2021 were retrospectively compared with those of healthy individuals. We also compared the αKl concentrations of patients with acute or chronic CSC. Furthermore, we evaluated the relationships of age, sex, smoking status, and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) with αKl concentration. Patients in whom subretinal fluid reaccumulated in the same eye after its resolution were defined as having recurrent CSC. We studied 56 patients (46 men and 10 women) and 27 healthy controls (19 men and 8 women); and 38 and 18 eyes with acute and chronic CSC, respectively. The mean circulating concentration of αKl was higher in patients with CSC than in controls (827±232 and 724±183 pg/mL, respectively; p = 0.035). The mean SFCT was greater in patients with CSC than in controls (416±91.0 and 278±96.3 μm, respectively; p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0295795