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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

The Slow Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy Is Associated with Transient Protection of Retinal Vessels from Death.

Yanliang Li, Basma Baccouche, Norma Del-Risco, Jason Park, Amy Song, J Jason McAnany, Andrius Kazlauskas

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Diabetic Retinopathy-A Review.Current diabetes reviews · 2025
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  7. Resilience to diabetic retinopathy.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2024
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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.

Yanliang LiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Basma BaccoucheDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Norma Del-RiscoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Jason ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Amy SongDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
J Jason McAnanyDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1192-3487
Andrius KazlauskasDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1919-3327
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Anti-VEGF-mediated barrier closureR01EY031350 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KAZLAUSKAS, ANDRIUS · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031350NIH HHS EY031350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reason that diabetic retinopathy (DR) is delayed from the onset of diabetes (DM) in diabetic mice. To this end, we tested the hypothesis that the deleterious effects of DM are initially tolerated because endogenous antioxidative defense is elevated and thereby confers resistance to oxidative stress-induced death. We found that this was indeed the case in both type 1 DM (T1D) and type 2 DM (T2D) mouse models. The retinal expression of antioxidant defense genes was increased soon after the onset of DM. In addition, ischemia/oxidative stress caused less death in the retinal vasculature of DM versus non-DM mice. Further investigation with T1D mice revealed that protection was transient; it waned as the duration of DM was prolonged. Finally, a loss of protection was associated with the manifestation of both neural and vascular abnormalities that are diagnostic of DR in mice. These observations demonstrate that DM can transiently activate protection from oxidative stress, which is a plausible explanation for the delay in the development of DR from the onset of DM.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetic RetinopathyAnimalsAntioxidantsMiceRetinaRetinal VesselsAntioxidantsdiabetic retinopathyoxidative stressprotection from diabetic retinopathyretinal capillaries

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PMID37446043
PMCPMC10341443
OpenAlexW4382776519

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