The pathomechanism, antioxidant biomarkers, and treatment of oxidative stress-related eye diseases

YJ Hsueh, YN Chen, YT Tsao, CM Cheng… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress is an important pathomechanism found in numerous ocular degenerative
diseases. To provide a better understanding of the mechanism and treatment of …

IL-1 family members mediate cell death, inflammation and angiogenesis in retinal degenerative diseases

Y Wooff, SM Man, R Aggio-Bruce, R Natoli… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation underpins and contributes to the pathogenesis of many retinal degenerative
diseases. The recruitment and activation of both resident microglia and recruited …

C1q and the classical complement cascade in geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration

T Yednock, DS Fong, EM Lad - International Journal of Retina and …, 2022 - Springer
Geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a retinal
neurodegenerative disorder. Human genetic data support the complement system as a key …

[HTML][HTML] Retinal macrophages synthesize C3 and activate complement in AMD and in models of focal retinal degeneration

R Natoli, N Fernando, H Jiao, T Racic… - … & visual science, 2017 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Complement system dysregulation is strongly linked to the progression of age-
related macular degeneration (AMD). Deposition of complement including C3 within the …

Impairing Gasdermin D-mediated pyroptosis is protective against retinal degeneration

R Sekar, Y Wooff, AV Cioanca, M Kurera, C Ngo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Inflammasome activation and the subsequent release of pro-inflammatory
cytokines including Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) have been widely reported to contribute to the …

Cholesterol homeostasis in the vertebrate retina: biology and pathobiology

SR Rao, SJ Fliesler - Journal of lipid research, 2021 - ASBMB
Cholesterol is a quantitatively and biologically significant constituent of all mammalian cell
membrane, including those that comprise the retina. Retinal cholesterol homeostasis entails …

Small-medium extracellular vesicles and their miRNA cargo in retinal health and degeneration: mediators of homeostasis, and vehicles for targeted gene therapy

Y Wooff, AV Cioanca, JA Chu-Tan… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Photoreceptor cell death and inflammation are known to occur progressively in retinal
degenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, the …

Toll-like receptor 2 facilitates oxidative damage-induced retinal degeneration

K Mulfaul, E Ozaki, N Fernando, K Brennan, KR Chirco… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Retinal degeneration is a form of neurodegenerative disease and is the leading cause of
vision loss globally. The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are primary components of the innate …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibiting the activation of MAPK (ERK1/2) in stressed Müller cells prevents photoreceptor degeneration

S Zeng, T Zhang, Y Chen, J Chu-Tan, K Jin, SR Lee… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Müller cells play an essential role in maintaining the health of retinal
photoreceptors. Dysfunction of stressed Müller cells often results in photoreceptor …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-124 dysregulation is associated with retinal inflammation and photoreceptor death in the degenerating retina

JA Chu-Tan, M Rutar, K Saxena… - … & visual science, 2018 - arvojournals.org
Purpose: We sought to determine the role and retinal cellular location of microRNA-124
(miR-124) in a neuroinflammatory model of retinal degeneration. Further, we explored the …