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ReviewExperimental diabetes research2011

Neural degeneration in the retina of the streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes model.

Yoko Ozawa, Toshihide Kurihara, Mariko Sasaki, Norimitsu Ban, Kenya Yuki, Shunsuke Kubota, Kazuo Tsubota

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Review in Experimental diabetes research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoko OzawaLaboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. ozawa@a5.keio.jp
Toshihide Kurihara
Mariko Sasaki
Norimitsu Ban
Kenya Yuki
Shunsuke Kubota
Kazuo Tsubota
Keio University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy, a vision-threatening disease, has been regarded as a vascular disorder. However, impaired oscillatory potentials (OPs) in the electroretinogram (ERG) and visual dysfunction are recorded before severe vascular lesions appear. Here, we review the molecular mechanisms underlying the retinal neural degeneration observed in the streptozotocin-(STZ-) induced type 1 diabetes model. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) both cause OP impairment and reduced levels of synaptophysin, a synaptic vesicle protein for neurotransmitter release, most likely through excessive protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. ROS also decrease brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and inner retinal neuronal cells. The influence of both RAS and ROS on synaptophysin suggests that RAS-ROS crosstalk occurs in the diabetic retina. Therefore, suppressors of RAS or ROS, such as angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers or the antioxidant lutein, respectively, are potential candidates for neuroprotective and preventive therapies to improve the visual prognosis.

Indexed as

Angiotensin IIAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic RetinopathyMiceModels, NeurologicalNerve DegenerationOxidative StressRatsReactive Oxygen SpeciesRenin-Angiotensin SystemRetinal DegenerationSignal TransductionAngiotensin IIReactive Oxygen Species

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PMID22144984
PMCPMC3226536
OpenAlexW1974302241

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