The pathogenesis of diabetic macular edema (DME) is complex. Persistently high blood glucose activates multiple cellular pathways and induces inflammation, oxidation stress, and vascular dysfunction. Retinal ganglion cells, macroglial and microglial cells, endothelial cells, pericytes, and retinal pigment epithelium cells are involved. Neurodegeneration, characterized by dysfunction or apoptotic loss of retinal neurons, occurs early and independently from the vascular alterations. Despite the increasing knowledge on the pathways involved in DME, only limited therapeutic strategies are available. Besides antiangiogenic drugs and intravitreal corticosteroids, alternative therapeutic options tackling inflammation, oxidative stress, and neurodegeneration have been considered, but none of them has been currently approved.

The role of inflammation and neurodegeneration in diabetic macular edema / Starace, V.; Battista, M.; Brambati, M.; Cavalleri, M.; Bertuzzi, F.; Amato, A.; Lattanzio, R.; Bandello, F.; Cicinelli, M. V.. - In: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 2515-8414. - 13:(2021). [10.1177/25158414211055963]

The role of inflammation and neurodegeneration in diabetic macular edema

Starace V.
Primo
;
Battista M.
Secondo
;
Brambati M.;Cavalleri M.;Bertuzzi F.;Amato A.;Bandello F.
Penultimo
;
Cicinelli M. V.
Ultimo
2021-01-01

Abstract

The pathogenesis of diabetic macular edema (DME) is complex. Persistently high blood glucose activates multiple cellular pathways and induces inflammation, oxidation stress, and vascular dysfunction. Retinal ganglion cells, macroglial and microglial cells, endothelial cells, pericytes, and retinal pigment epithelium cells are involved. Neurodegeneration, characterized by dysfunction or apoptotic loss of retinal neurons, occurs early and independently from the vascular alterations. Despite the increasing knowledge on the pathways involved in DME, only limited therapeutic strategies are available. Besides antiangiogenic drugs and intravitreal corticosteroids, alternative therapeutic options tackling inflammation, oxidative stress, and neurodegeneration have been considered, but none of them has been currently approved.
2021
diabetic macular edema
inflammation
neurodegeneration
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