Association of Plasma Semaphorin 3A With Phenotypes of Diabetic Retinopathy and Nephropathy

To investigate whether diabetic retinopathy phenotypes and albuminuria are associated with the overexpression of plasma semaphorin 3A (Sema3A).The study group with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) or proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), the diabetes without diabetic retinopathy group, and the control group without diabetes consisted of all consecutive patients who were scheduled to undergo intravitreal bevacizumab...