Sphingolipids as critical players in retinal physiology and pathology

MV Simon, SK Basu, B Qaladize, R Grambergs… - Journal of lipid …, 2021 - ASBMB
Sphingolipids have emerged as bioactive lipids involved in the regulation of many
physiological and pathological processes. In the retina, they have been established to …

Beyond VEGF: targeting inflammation and other pathways for treatment of retinal disease

A Muniyandi, GD Hartman, Y Song, M Mijit… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2023 - ASPET
Neovascular eye diseases include conditions such as retinopathy of prematurity,
proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and neovascular age-related macular degeneration …

Hydroxychloroquine causes early inner retinal toxicity and affects autophagosome–lysosomal pathway and sphingolipid metabolism in the retina

K Mondal, H Porter, J Cole, HK Pandya, SK Basu… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an anti-malarial drug but also widely used to treat
autoimmune diseases like arthritis and lupus. Although there have been multiple reports of …

The role of sphingolipids in meibomian gland dysfunction and ocular surface inflammation

V Paranjpe, A Galor, R Grambergs, N Mandal - The ocular surface, 2022 - Elsevier
Inflammation occurs in response to tissue injury and invasion of microorganisms and is
carried out by the innate and adaptive immune systems, which are regulated by numerous …

Sphingosine-1-phosphate and ceramide-1-phosphate promote migration, pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic responses in retinal pigment epithelium cells

MV Simón, MS Vera, PE Tenconi, T Soto… - Experimental Eye …, 2022 - Elsevier
Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, essential for preserving retina homeostasis, also
contribute to the development of retina proliferative diseases, through their exacerbated …

Exploring the molecular mechanism of Qing Guang an granule in treating glaucoma using network pharmacology and molecular docking

C Ou, H Song, Y Zhou, J Peng… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Qing Guang An Granule (QGAG), a Chinese patent medicine, has been used
clinically to treat glaucoma for more than 20 years. Objective. To explore the possible …

AOP and IATA applied to ocular surface toxicity

N Bonneau, C Baudouin… - Regulatory Toxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Until now, the Draize test on rabbits has been the only test performed to anticipate ocular
toxicity of pharmaceutical compounds, mainly irritation. The OECD is urging the scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Human stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells as a model for drug screening and pre-clinical assays compared to ARPE-19 cell line

CR Oliveira, MRB de Paiva… - … Journal of Stem …, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Methods and Results Functional, cellular and molecular data obtained suggest that hES-
RPE cells more closely resembles native RPEs compared to ARPE-19. Furthermore, hES …

A comprehensive profiling of cellular sphingolipids in mammalian endothelial and microglial cells cultured in normal and high-glucose conditions

K Mondal, RC Grambergs, R Gangaraju, N Mandal - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sphingolipids (SPLs) play a diverse role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. Dysregulated
SPL metabolism is associated with pathological changes in stressed and diseased cells …

[HTML][HTML] Using the TCGA database to predict and analyze tumor microenvironment genes related to poor prognosis of colon cancer

S Chen, L Yida, B Chen, MM Xiong - Medical science monitor …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Colon cancer (COAD) is a highly malignant gastrointestinal cancer. The
existence of the TCGA database allows us to more easily perform gene expression profiling …