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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4-Mediated Regulation Is Pivotally Involved in Retinal Pathophysiology: A Review.

Hiroshi Ohguro, Megumi Watanabe, Fumihito Hikage, Tatsuya Sato, Nami Nishikiori, Araya Umetsu, Megumi Higashide, Toshifumi Ogawa, Masato Furuhashi

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in the retinal pigment epithelium and its association with outer retinal disease.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Hiroshi OhguroDepartments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
Megumi WatanabeDepartments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8026-6532
Fumihito HikageDepartments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0124-5494
Tatsuya SatoDepartments of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7876-1772
Nami NishikioriDepartments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.ORCID 0009-0001-9894-8523
Araya UmetsuDepartments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
Megumi HigashideDepartments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.ORCID 0009-0007-0534-0257
Toshifumi OgawaDepartments of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
Masato FuruhashiDepartments of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0145-3541

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs), a family of lipid chaperone molecules that are involved in intracellular lipid transportation to specific cellular compartments, stimulate lipid-associated responses such as biological signaling, membrane synthesis, transcriptional regulation, and lipid synthesis. Previous studies have shown that FABP4, a member of this family of proteins that are expressed in adipocytes and macrophages, plays pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of various cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, including diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT). Since significant increases in the serum levels of FABP4 were detected in those patients, FABP4 has been identified as a crucial biomarker for these systemic diseases. In addition, in the field of ophthalmology, our group found that intraocular levels of FABP4 (ioFABP4) and free fatty acids (ioFFA) were substantially elevated in patients with retinal vascular diseases (RVDs) including proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and retinal vein occlusion (RVO), for which DM and HT are also recognized as significant risk factors. Recent studies have also revealed that ioFABP4 plays important roles in both retinal physiology and pathogenesis, and the results of these studies have suggested potential molecular targets for retinal diseases that might lead to future new therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Fatty Acid-Binding ProteinsAnimalsDiabetic RetinopathyHumansRetinaRetinal DiseasesFABP4 protein, humanFatty Acid-Binding Proteinsfatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4)fatty acid-binding protein 5 (FABP5)proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)retinal vascular disease (RVD)retinal vein occlusion (RVO)vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA)

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PMID39062961
PMCPMC11277531

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