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ReviewCurrent diabetes reviews2024

Diabetic Retinopathy Leading to Blindness- A Review.

Amandeep Kaur, Ranjeet Kumar, Amit Sharma

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Review in Current diabetes reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07301775 (A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Efficacy of Single Versus Multiple Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injections to Prevent Diabetic Retinopathy Progression in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07301775 phase4not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Efficacy of Single Versus Multiple Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injections to Prevent Diabetic Retinopathy Progression in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery

TypeinterventionalSponsorAhmad Zeeshan JamilRan2026 to 2026Enrolled166ConditionsDiabetic Retinopathy (DR), Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), Cataract, Phacoemulfisication+IOL ImplantationArmsAflibercept (Eylea)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amandeep KaurDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab, India.
Ranjeet KumarDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0659-2962
Amit SharmaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab, India.
Indo Soviet Friendship College of Pharmacy · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes that damages the retina, leading to blindness. People with type 1 diabetes are at greater risk of developing DR than people with type 2 diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy may be divided into two primary categories: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR). There are multiple risk factors for the onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy, such as hypertension, obesity, smoking, duration of diabetes, and genetics. Numerous investigations have evaluated the levels of a wide range of inflammatory chemokines within DR patients' serum, vitreous, and aqueous fluids. In diabetic retinopathy, the vitreous fluid exhibited rises in angiogenic factors like platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or declines in antiangiogenic factors like pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF). For prevention of diabetic retinopathy, more physical activity as well as less sedentary behavior were linked to a reduced likelihood of DR. Supplementing with nutraceuticals containing vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12, C, D, E, and l-methyl folate) and mineral (zinc) can help decrease or avoid an outbreak of DR. Only laser photocoagulation and Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF) injections are advised as favorable therapies in severe retinopathy. When it comes to treating DR's VEGF levels, inflammation, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and angiogenesis, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has an excellent future.

Indexed as

BlindnessDiabetic RetinopathyDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansRisk FactorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Ablindness.diabetic macular edemadiabetic retinopathyPhotocoagulationrisk factorsvascular endothelial growth factor

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PMID38275038
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