| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To oxidative in a subject of retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, Fuchs dystrophy, diabetic macular edema (DME), geographic atrophy, Stargard's disease or retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Provided are biomarkers of stress and methods for grading their use and disease severity in identifying subjects in need of treatment. The severity of the disease in a subject is measured by measuring one or more of the copper-reducing antioxidant capacity, GSH / GSSG ratio and carbonyl adduct level in the subject's biological sample and comparing it to the level of the control sample. A method of quantifying or grading. [Selection diagram] None |