Higher circulating levels of neutrophils and basophils are linked to myopic retinopathy

Jinyan Qi, Wei Pan, Ting Peng, Ling Zeng, Xiaoning Li, Zhongping Chen, Zhikuan Yang, Heping Xu*

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Abstract

This retrospective study investigated circulating immune cell alteration in patients with myopic retinopathy. Blood test results and demographic and ocular information of 392 myopic patients and 129 emmetropia controls who attended Changsha Aier Eye Hospital from May 2017 to April 2022 were used in this study. Compared with emmetropia, the percentages of neutrophils and basophils and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio were significantly higher in myopic patients, whereas the percentages of monocytes and lymphocytes and the counts of lymphocytes and eosinophils were significantly lower in myopic patients. After adjusting for age and hypertension/diabetes, the difference remained. Interestingly, the platelet counts were significantly lower in myopic patients after the adjustments. Further subgroup analysis using multivariable linear regression showed that higher levels of neutrophils, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, and platelet/lymphocyte ratio, lower levels of monocytes, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and platelets, were related to myopic peripheral retinal degeneration (mPRD) and posterior staphyloma (PS). A higher level of basophils was linked to myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV). Our results suggest that higher levels of circulating neutrophils and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, lower monocytes, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and platelets are related to mild myopic retinopathy. A higher level of circulating basophils is related to the severe form of myopic retinopathy, such as mCNV.

Original languageEnglish
Article number80
JournalInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume24
Issue number1
Early online date21 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Clinical Research Foundation of Aier Eye Hospital Group, grant number AR2003D1, Research and Development Plan of Key Fields in Hunan Province (2020SKC2007), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2021JJ30046).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.

Keywords

  • basophils
  • blood test
  • immune cells
  • myopia
  • neutrophils
  • platelets
  • retinal degeneration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Molecular Biology
  • Spectroscopy
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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