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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Ruxolitinib Alleviates Uveitis Caused by

Lin Du, Yolanda Wong Ying Yip, Him Kwan Ng, Bo Man Ho, Jing-Na He, Sun On Chan, Chi Pui Pang, Wai Kit Chu

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lin DuDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yolanda Wong Ying YipDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Him Kwan NgDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Bo Man HoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7386-3868
Jing-Na HeDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Sun On ChanSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Chi Pui PangDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Wai Kit ChuDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2903-3247
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uveitis is characterized by inflammatory lesions of intraocular structures. It is one of the important manifestations in patients with Reiter's syndrome, an inflammatory arthritis, which is caused by enteric infection with bacteria, including Salmonella typhimurium. Corticosteroids remain the most frequently used therapies against uveitis associating with inflammatory arthritis. However, the long-term administration of steroids results in many side effects, and some uveitis patients do not respond to steroid treatment. Non-steroidal treatments are needed for uveitis patients. Our previous study found that Janus kinase (JAK) 1/2 inhibitor, ruxolitinib could suppress the expression of proinflammatory mediators in the ciliary body and iris. However, the impacts of ruxolitinib on ophthalmic features in uveitic eyes are still unknown. In this study, Salmonella typhimurium endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) was induced in Sprague Dawley rats by the injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Compared with LPS-induced rats treated with water, ruxolitinib significantly attenuated the clinical manifestations, infiltrating cells and protein exudation in the aqueous humor, and retina-choroid thickening. Amplitudes of b-wave in both scotopic and photopic electroretinogram (ERG), and the amplitude of a-wave in scotopic ERG in EIU animals were alleviated by ruxolitinib. Collectively, we propose ruxolitinib could attenuate endotoxin-induced uveitis and rescue visual functions in rats by inhibiting the JAK2-STAT3 pathway.

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EIUJAK inhibitorLPSruxolitinibuveitis

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