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ArticleDiabetologia2018

Antagonising Wnt/β-catenin signalling ameliorates lens-capsulotomy-induced retinal degeneration in a mouse model of diabetes.

Jose R Hombrebueno, Imran H A Ali, Jian-Xing Ma, Mei Chen, Heping Xu

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Article in Diabetologia, 2018. 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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8citing papers in PubMed
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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jose R HombrebuenoCentre for Experimental Medicine, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK. j.romero@qub.ac.uk.
Imran H A AliCentre for Experimental Medicine, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Jian-Xing MaDepartment of Physiology, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Mei ChenCentre for Experimental Medicine, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK. m.chen@qub.ac.uk.
Heping XuCentre for Experimental Medicine, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK. heping.xu@qub.ac.uk.
Queen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

Diabetes UK 11/0004230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aims/hypothesisCataract surgery in diabetic individuals worsens pre-existing retinopathy and triggers the development of diabetic ocular complications, although the underlying cellular and molecular pathophysiology remains elusive. We hypothesise that lens surgery may exaggerate pre-existing retinal inflammation in diabetes, which may accelerate neurovascular degeneration in diabetic eyes.

methodsMale heterozygous Ins2

resultsLens capsulotomy triggered the early onset of retinal neurodegeneration in Ins2 CONCLUSIONS/

interpretationTargeting the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway may provide a novel approach for the postoperative management of diabetic individuals needing cataract surgery.

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AnimalsCataract ExtractionDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic RetinopathyDisease Models, AnimalElectroretinographyImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryInsulinMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRetinal DegenerationIns2 protein, mouseInsulinCataract surgeryDiabetic retinopathyElectroretinographyInflammationIns2 AkitaNeurodegenerationSD-OCT

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PMID30019207
PMCPMC6182657
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