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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2016 Jul 14;123(9):2028–2036. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.05.052

Figure 5. Changes in gene expression associated with TED.

Figure 5

Orbit specimens of five patients with acute TED (CAS > 4) and five patients with chronic TED (CAS < 4) were collected and relative mRNA expression was evaluated. The values were averaged within the chronic and acute groups. qRT-PCR analysis of genes revealed a significant increase in expression of VEGFR-2, VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D in acute TED when compared to chronic disease and control specimens.