Diabetic retinopathy pathogenesis and the ameliorating effects of melatonin; involvement of autophagy, inflammation and oxidative stress

E Dehdashtian, S Mehrzadi, B Yousefi… - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), remains
as one of the major causes of vision loss worldwide. The release of pro-inflammatory …

Diabetic macular edema: pathogenesis and treatment

N Bhagat, RA Grigorian, A Tutela, MA Zarbin - Survey of ophthalmology, 2009 - Elsevier
Diabetic macular edema is a major cause of visual impairment. The pathogenesis of
macular edema appears to be multifactorial. Laser photocoagulation is the standard of care …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress and diabetic retinopathy

RA Kowluru, PS Chan - Experimental diabetes research, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oxygen metabolism is essential for sustaining aerobic life, and normal cellular homeostasis
works on a fine balance between the formation and elimination of reactive oxygen species …

Advanced glycation end products increase retinal vascular endothelial growth factor expression.

M Lu, M Kuroki, S Amano, M Tolentino… - The Journal of …, 1998 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are linked with the development of diabetic
retinopathy; however, the pathogenic mechanisms are poorly defined. Vascular endothelial …

Diabetic cataracts: mechanisms and management

IG Obrosova, SSM Chung… - … /metabolism research and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes mellitus is associated with a 5‐fold higher prevalence of cataracts, which remains
a major cause of blindness in the world. Typical diabetic cataracts contain cortical and/or …

Prevention of ischemia-induced retinopathy by the natural ocular antiangiogenic agent pigment epithelium-derived factor

V Stellmach, SE Crawford, W Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Aberrant blood vessel growth in the retina that underlies the pathology of proliferative
diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity is the result of the ischemia-driven …

Methylglyoxal metabolism and diabetic complications: roles of aldose reductase, glyoxalase-I, betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase and 2-oxoaldehyde dehydrogenase

DL Vander Jagt, LA Hunsaker - Chemico-biological interactions, 2003 - Elsevier
The 2-oxoaldehyde methylglyoxal (MeG) is the precursor to a number of the known
advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) implicated in the development of diabetic …

Hyperglycemia, glycoxidation and receptor for advanced glycation endproducts: potential mechanisms underlying diabetic complications, including diabetes …

E Lalla - Periodontology 2000, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
Hyperglycemia, glycoxidation and receptor for advanced glycation endproducts: potential
mechanisms underlying diabetic complicat Page 1 Periodontology 2000, Vol. 23, 2000, 50–62 …

[HTML][HTML] Response of capillary cell death to aminoguanidine predicts the development of retinopathy: comparison of diabetes and galactosemia

TS Kern, J Tang, M Mizutani… - … & visual science, 2000 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. To examine the relationship between early retinal capillary cell apoptosis and late
histologic lesions of diabetic retinopathy and to compare the effects of aminoguanidine …

Aldose reductase inhibitor fidarestat prevents retinal oxidative stress and vascular endothelial growth factor overexpression in streptozotocin-diabetic rats

IG Obrosova, AG Minchenko, R Vasupuram, L White… - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc
The study addressed the role for aldose reductase (AR) in 1) retinal oxidative stress and
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) overexpression in early diabetes, and 2) high …