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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2017

Infliximab relieves blood retinal barrier breakdown through the p38 MAPK pathway in a diabetic rat model.

Mao-Song Xie, Yong-Zheng Zheng, Li-Bin Huang, Guo-Xing Xu

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Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mao-Song XieDepartment of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian Province, China.
Yong-Zheng ZhengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian Province, China.
Li-Bin HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian Province, China.
Guo-Xing XuDepartment of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian Province, China.
Fujian Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University · CNFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo clarify the mechanism of infliximab treatment in diabetic macular edema (DME) and to provide a new alternative therapy for DME.

methodsRats were randomly divided into the control group, the model group and the infliximab treatment group. A diabetic rat model was created. The concentration of TNF-α in the vitreous body was detected by ELISA. The expressions of B-Raf, p38, claudin-1 and occludin in the retina were detected by Western blot. The integrity of the blood retinal barrier (BRB) was measured using Evan's blue as a tracer.

resultsAfter three months and six months of the diabetes model, the vitreous TNF-α level in the model group was higher than that of the control group. It was also higher in treated group than that of the control group but was lower than that of the model group. The differences among the three groups were statistically significant (at 3mo,

conclusionIn a diabetic rat model, infliximab may relieve TNF-α induced BRB breakdown

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blood-retinal barrierdiabetic macular edemainfliximabpathogenesistumor necrosis factor-α

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PMID29259899
PMCPMC5733508
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