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Published in final edited form as: Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2015 Summer;55(3):63–78. doi: 10.1097/IIO.0000000000000073

Table 2.

Select inflammatory cytokines elevated in intraocular fluids of neovascular AMD patients

Cytokine	Function	References
IL-6	Acute phase reactant; pyrogenic; pro-angiogenic	^{68, 69}

IL-8/CXCL8	Chemokine for neutrophils; pro-angiogenic	^{68, 69}

MCP-1/CCL2	Chemokine for monocytes, memory T cells, and dendritic cells	^{67, 69, 70}

ICAM-1	Adhesion molecule that facilitates transmigration of leukocytes	^{69, 70}

IL: Interleukin; MCP: Monocyte chemotactic protein; ICAM: Intercellular adhesion molecule