Chronic diabetes complications: the need to move beyond classical concepts

D Mauricio, N Alonso, M Gratacòs - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Chronic-diabetes-related complications simultaneously compromise both the micro-and
macrovascular trees, with target organs considered as the paradigm of large vessel injury …

Retinal biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): implication for early diagnosis and prognosis

C Czakó, T Kovács, Z Ungvari, A Csiszar… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Cognitive impairment and dementia are major medical, social, and economic public health
issues worldwide with significant implications for life quality in older adults. The leading …

ROSE: a retinal OCT-angiography vessel segmentation dataset and new model

Y Ma, H Hao, J Xie, H Fu, J Zhang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) is a non-invasive imaging technique
that has been increasingly used to image the retinal vasculature at capillary level resolution …

Contractile pericytes determine the direction of blood flow at capillary junctions

AL Gonzales, NR Klug… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The essential function of the circulatory system is to continuously and efficiently supply the
O2 and nutrients necessary to meet the metabolic demands of every cell in the body, a …

Alzheimer's retinopathy: seeing disease in the eyes

N Mirzaei, H Shi, M Oviatt, J Doustar… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The neurosensory retina emerges as a prominent site of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathology. As a CNS extension of the brain, the neuro retina is easily accessible for …

Persistent remodeling and neurodegeneration in late-stage retinal degeneration

RL Pfeiffer, RE Marc, BW Jones - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2020 - Elsevier
Retinal remodeling is a progressive series of negative plasticity revisions that arise from
retinal degeneration, and are seen in retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular …

Optical coherence tomography angiography in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

JA Van De Kreeke, HT Nguyen… - British Journal of …, 2020 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/aims As a protrusion from the brain, the retina might reflect the status of the
brain. Previous studies showed a decrease in vessel density and foveal avascular zone …

Optical coherence tomography angiography in neurodegenerative diseases: a review

G Tsokolas, KT Tsaousis, VF Diakonis, A Matsou… - Eye and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) has emerged as a novel,
fast, safe and non-invasive imaging technique of analyzing the retinal and choroidal …

The various oximetric techniques used for the evaluation of blood oxygenation

M Nitzan, I Nitzan, Y Arieli - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adequate oxygen delivery to a tissue depends on sufficient oxygen content in arterial blood
and blood flow to the tissue. Oximetry is a technique for the assessment of blood …

The proteasome as a druggable target with multiple therapeutic potentialities: Cutting and non-cutting edges

GR Tundo, D Sbardella, AM Santoro, A Coletta… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) is an adaptable and finely tuned system that
sustains proteostasis network under a large variety of physiopathological conditions. Its …