The role of inflammation in diabetic retinopathy

JV Forrester, L Kuffova, M Delibegovic - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation is central to pathogenic processes in diabetes mellitus and the metabolic
syndrome and particularly implicates innate immunity in the development of complications …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic lipid turnover in photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium throughout life

D Lewandowski, CL Sander, A Tworak, F Gao… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The retinal pigment epithelium-photoreceptor interphase is renewed each day in a stunning
display of cellular interdependence. While photoreceptors use photosensitive pigments to …

Fatty acid oxidation and photoreceptor metabolic needs

Z Fu, TS Kern, A Hellström, LEH Smith - Journal of lipid research, 2021 - ASBMB
Photoreceptors have high energy demands and a high density of mitochondria that produce
ATP through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) of fuel substrates. Although glucose is …

Emerging roles of dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia in diabetic retinopathy: molecular mechanisms and clinical perspectives

H Rao, JA Jalali, TP Johnston, P Koulen - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a significant cause of vision loss and a research subject that is
constantly being explored for new mechanisms of damage and potential therapeutic options …

Photoreceptor metabolic reprogramming: current understanding and therapeutic implications

WW Pan, TJ Wubben, CG Besirli - Communications biology, 2021 - nature.com
Acquired and inherited retinal disorders are responsible for vision loss in an increasing
proportion of individuals worldwide. Photoreceptor (PR) death is central to the vision loss …

Dietary patterns, carbohydrates, and age-related eye diseases

SG Francisco, KM Smith, G Aragonès, EA Whitcomb… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over a third of older adults in the US experience significant vision loss, which decreases
independence and is a biomarker of decreased health span. As the global aging population …

Integrative metabolomics and transcriptomics identifies itaconate as an adjunct therapy to treat ocular bacterial infection

S Singh, PK Singh, A Jha, P Naik, J Joseph, S Giri… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
The eye is highly susceptible to inflammation-mediated tissue damage evoked during
bacterial infection. However, mechanisms regulating inflammation to protect the eye remain …

Evidence of epistasis in regions of long-range linkage disequilibrium across five complex diseases in the UK Biobank and eMERGE datasets

P Singhal, Y Veturi, SM Dudek, A Lucas, A Frase… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Leveraging linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns as representative of population substructure
enables the discovery of additive association signals in genome-wide association studies …

Omega-3/Omega-6 long-chain fatty acid imbalance in phase I retinopathy of prematurity

Z Fu, W Yan, CT Chen, AK Nilsson, E Bull, W Allen… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is a gap in understanding the effect of the essential ω-3 and ω-6 long-chain
polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) on Phase I retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), which …

Measuring brain docosahexaenoic acid turnover as a marker of metabolic consumption

BJ Klievik, AD Tyrrell, CT Chen, RP Bazinet - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22: 6n-3) accretion in brain phospholipids is critical
for maintaining the structural fluidity that permits proper assembly of protein complexes for …