Diabetic retinopathy and inflammation: Novel therapeutic targets

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-59

  Rangasamy, Sampathkumar ^a   McGuire, Paul G ^a   Das, Arup ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Cell Biology and Physiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood retinal barrier; Chemokines; Cytokines; Diabetic Retinopathy; Inflammation; Steroids; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN 2 INHIBITOR; AVANTIS; BEVACIZUMAB; BEVASIRANIB; CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1 INHIBITOR; PADGEM PROTEIN; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; RAPAMYCIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LASER COAGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RETINITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOLID TUMOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84856397889     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.92116     Document Type: Review

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