Long-term glycemic variability and risk of adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: Glycemic variability is emerging as a measure of glycemic control, which may be a reliable predictor of complications. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the association between HbA1c variability and micro- and macrovascular ...
Catherine Gorst +18 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 To investigate the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) at different phases of diabetic retinopathy (DR), we assessed the retinal protein expression of VEGF-A164 (corresponding to the VEGF165 isoform present in humans, which is the ...
Claudio Bucolo +10 more
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VEGF(164)-mediated inflammation is required for pathological, but not physiological, ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization [PDF]
, 2003 Hypoxia-induced VEGF governs both physiological retinal vascular development and pathological retinal neovascularization. In the current paper, the mechanisms of physiological and pathological neovascularization are compared and contrasted.
Adamis, AP +14 more
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Blindness incidence in Germany - A population-based study from Württemberg-Hohenzollern [PDF]
, 1999 Few data on the incidence of blindness in Germany are available. We analysed causes of legal blindness for the region Württemberg-Hohenzollern (population 5.5 million) in order to help fill in this gap.
Klauss, V. +4 more
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Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013 Aims: To detect the risk factors of diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular complications in subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty three subjects with proved IFG in Zanjan Healthy Heart Study (2002 ...
Faranak Sharifi +4 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Objective: To detect retinal involvement in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in acute and convalescent phase by their fundus screening.Methods: In a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study (July–November 2020), 235 patients (142 ...
Reema Bansal +14 more
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Relationship between plasma sialic acid and fibinogen concentration and incident micro-and macrovascular complications in type 1 diabetes [PDF]
, 2008 AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 1 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of vascular complications. This increased risk could be explained by sialic acid and/or fibrinogen.
SOEDAMAH MUTHU SS +5 more
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Beta-adrenergic agonist protects retinal pigment epithelium against hydroxycholoroquine toxicity via cAMP-PKA signal pathway [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 AIM: To test our hypothesis that activation of protein kinase A (PKA) signal pathway by β-adrenergic agonist plays an important role in the protecting of cultured retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells against the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) toxicity ...
Ruihua Zhang, Dan-Ning Hu, Richard Rosen
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Classification of Human Retinal Microaneurysms Using Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscope Fluorescein Angiography [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose. Microaneurysms (MAs) are considered a hallmark of retinal vascular disease, yet what little is known about them is mostly based upon histology, not clinical observation.
Carroll, Joseph +13 more
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Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition for Ocular Diseases: Vision for the Future [PDF]
, 2019 Ocular diseases cause visual impairment and blindness, imposing a devastating impact on quality of life and a substantial societal economic burden. Many such diseases lack universally effective pharmacotherapies.
Corson, Timothy W., Park, Bomina
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