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ArticleBiomedicines2022

VEGF-Trap Modulates Retinal Inflammation in the Murine Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy (OIR) Model.

Jesús Eduardo Rojo Arias, Vanessa Elisabeth Englmaier, József Jászai

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Article in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mechanisms of action of retinal microglia in diabetic retinopathy (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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  2. SUMOylation is a Translatable Target in Hypoxic MNPs Regulating Retinal Vasculopathy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jesús Eduardo Rojo AriasDepartment of Anatomy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Vanessa Elisabeth EnglmaierDepartment of Anatomy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
József JászaiDepartment of Anatomy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Bayer Vital GmbH IIR-DE-2016-3210Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft "Support the Best", grant 3-2, F03661-553-41B-1250000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) agents are the first-line treatment for retinal neovascular diseases, which represent the most prevalent causes of acquired vision loss world-wide. VEGF-Trap (Aflibercept, AFL), a recombinant decoy receptor recognizing ligands of both VEGFR-1 and -2, was recently reported to be highly efficient in improving visual acuity and preserving retinal anatomy in individuals affected by diabetic macular edema. However, the precise molecular and cell biological mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of this novel tool have yet to be elucidated. Using the mouse oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model as a surrogate of retinopathies with sterile post-ischemic inflammation, such as late proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and diabetic macular edema (DME), we provide evidence that AFL modulates inflammation in response to hypoxia by regulating the morphology of microglial cells, a parameter commonly used as a proxy for changes in their activation state. We show that AFL administration during the hypoxic period of OIR leads to an increased number of ramified Iba1

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AfliberceptinflammationmicrogliaOIRoxygen-induced retinopathyretinaVEGF-Trap

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PMID35203414
PMCPMC8869660
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