Research progress in the prevention and treatment of diabetic retinopathy based on retinal neurovascular unit damage and its coupling imbalance

Autor: Bao-Hua Li, Chao-Hong Guo, Cheng-Wei Guo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Guoji Yanke Zazhi, Vol 22, Iss 8, Pp 1309-1312 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1672-5123
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2022.8.14
Popis: Diabetic retinopathy(DR), one of the common complications of diabetes, is a major cause of blindness. Traditionally, DR has been considered primarily a microvascular disease, and as research has progressed, it is now believed that disruption of the neuro-glia-vascular unit(NVU)and imbalance in its coupling mechanisms(coupling)play a key role in the early onset of DR. Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of NVU and how diabetes alters normal cellular communication and disrupts the cellular environment is important for the early prevention and treatment of DR. This paper summarizes the retinal NVU and its involvement in the molecular mechanism of DR pathogenesis, DR treatment based on retinal NVU repair, and discusses the future prospects and problems of DR.
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