Immunologic Markers for the Differential Diagnosis Between Uveitis-TBC and Uveitis-SARC (TBC-SARC)

"The collected samples will be analyzed as follow:~1. Determination of the concentration of various cytokines, chemokines and groeth factors in aqueous humor and in the plasma.~2. Analysis of the mononuclear cells ( T helper lymphocytes CD3+ and CD4+, T cytotoxic lymphocytes CD3+ CD8+, B lymphocytes CD19+, Natural killer lymphocytes CD56+ and CD3- and monocytes CD14+) present in the aqueous humor by cytofluorimetry.~3. Evaluation of the presence of anti-human HSP70 antibodies in plasma samples by Western blot immunoprecipitation assays.~4. Whenever possible (adequate number of cells), in vitro stimulation of mononuclear cells presence in aqueous humor with epitopes from tuberculosis mycobacterium antigens and the analysis of cytokines production in the supernatants."