Simon Le

Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Level Measured in Dried Blood Spots as a Biomarker for Diabetic Retinopathy

Purpose: To identify inflammatory proteins that differ between diabetic patients with and without retinopathy and to evaluate the feasibility of dried blood spots (DBSs) to measure monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). Methods: In part I, we recruited 74 patients with diabe...