The Impact of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Inflammatory Markers in Preterm Infants – A Literature Review by Larysa Bielecka

“…They are also associated with an increased incidence of diseases, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy of prematurity. One of the beneficial effects of PUFA supplementation is its inhibitory action on inflammatory processes in the body. …”
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A Simple Method for Establishing Adherent Ex Vivo Explant Cultures from Human Eye Pathologies for Use in Subsequent Calcium Imaging and Inflammatory Studies by Sofija Andjelic, Xhevat Lumi, Zoltán Veréb, Natasha Josifovska, Andrea Facskó, Marko Hawlina, Goran Petrovski

“…Anterior lens capsule-lens epithelial cells (aLC-LECs) from cataract surgery and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) fibrovascular epiretinal membranes (fvERMs) from human eyes were used in the study. …”
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Animal Models of Diabetic Neuropathy: Progress Since 1960s by Md. Shahidul Islam

“…Diabetic or peripheral diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one of the major complications among some other diabetic complications such as diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic cardiomyopathy. The use of animal models in the research of diabetes and diabetic complications is very common when rats and mice are most commonly used for many reasons. …”
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Current multimodal diagnostic tools for diabetic macular edema to select a management strategy by M.V. Pshenichnov

“…Fedorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <i>Diabetes is a severe chronic disease that significantly affects the quality of life of individuals, their families, and society worldwide. Diabetic retinopathy, particularly diabetic macular edema (DME), is the leading cause of blindness and low vision among adults of working age in developed countries and Russia. …”
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Proteomic Analyses of the Vitreous Humour by Martina Angi, Helen Kalirai, Sarah E. Coupland, Bertil E. Damato, Francesco Semeraro, Mario R. Romano

“…In the last decade, proteomics analyses have been performed to characterise the proteome of the human VH and explore networks of functionally related proteins, providing insight into the aetiology of diabetic retinopathy and proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Recent proteomic studies on the VH from animal models of autoimmune uveitis have identified new signalling pathways associated to autoimmune triggers and intravitreal inflammation. …”
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The Fundus Autofluorescence Spectrum of Punctate Inner Choroidopathy by Miaoling Li, Xiongze Zhang, Feng Wen

“…These hyperautofluorescent patches were demonstrated to be multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) or acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) lesions by subsequent multimodal imaging and faded during follow-up examinations. …”
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Evaluation of the hypertensive patient. Experience obtained in the blood pressure specialized consultation. by Margarita Roméu Escobar, Darelis Sabina Molina, Beatriz Sabina Roméu

“…It was identified intensive retinopathy on 62.5% of the patients, cardiovascular repercussion on 40%, and renal repercussion on 25%. …”
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Role of topological indices in predictive modeling and ranking of drugs treating eye disorders by Nazeran Idrees, Esha Noor, Saima Rashid, Fekadu Tesgera Agama

“…Here, we considered certain drugs treating eye-related disorders, including cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and macular degeneration. By combining modeling and decision-makings approaches, this study presents a cost-effective way to comprehend the behavior of molecules. …”
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A Chronic Implant to Record Electroretinogram, Visual Evoked Potentials and Oscillatory Potentials in Awake, Freely Moving Rats for Pharmacological Studies by Irene Guarino, Stefano Loizzo, Luisa Lopez, Antonello Fadda, Alberto Loizzo

“…Electroretinogram (ERG), widely used to study the pharmacological effects of drugs in animal models (e.g., diabetic retinopathy), is usually recorded in anesthetized rats. …”
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Screening of Aqueous Extract of Persea americana Seeds for Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors by Tajudeen Afolayan Lawal

“…Diabetes is associated with many complications such as retinopathy, heart attack, nephropathy, neuropathy, stroke, and lower limb amputation. …”
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Secondary Full-thickness Macular Holes after Diabetic Vitrectomy: Clinical Manifestations and Rational Approaches to the Treatment by Yun Hsia, Chung-May Yang, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Lu-Chun Wang

“…The aim of the study is to present the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of secondary full-thickness macular hole (MH) after diabetic vitrectomy (DV) in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Methods. In this retrospective, observational, and longitudinal study, we enrolled consecutive patients with PDR who developed MH after DV. …”
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Diagnostic markers of severe diabetic macular edema in patients with type 2 diabetes by S.A. Suk, S.Yu. Mogilevskyy

“…After 3 months, DME3 was recorded in 50 eyes (13.89 %) in patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and type 2 DM. UCVA in them averaged 0.14 ± 0.01, MCVA averaged 0.32 ± 0.01. …”
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Apelin Protects Primary Rat Retinal Pericytes from Chemical Hypoxia-Induced Apoptosis by Li Chen, Yong Tao, Jing Feng, Yan Rong Jiang

“…Immunofluorescence staining revealed that pericytes colocalized with APJ in the fibrovascular membranes dissected from proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients. In the in vitro studies, we first demonstrated that the expression of apelin/APJ was upregulated in pericytes under hypoxia, and apelin increased pericytes proliferation and migration. …”
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Medical and Psychological Risk Factors for Incident Hypertension in Type 1 Diabetic African-Americans by Monique S. Roy, Malvin N. Janal, Alec Roy

“…Baseline older age, longer duration of diabetes, family history of hypertension, greater mean arterial blood pressure, overt proteinuria, increasing retinopathy severity, peripheral neuropathy, smoking, and higher hostility scores were significantly associated with the development of hypertension. …”
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MicroRNA Regulation for Inflammasomes in High Glucose-Treated ARPE-19 Cells by Ji Hong Kim, Hyoseon Yu, Ji Hye Kang, Eun Hee Hong, Min Ho Kang, Mincheol Seong, Heeyoon Cho, Yong Un Shin

“…This study aimed to evaluate the expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) and inflammasomes in diabetes-induced retinal cells and to determine their role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Methods. To establish diabetes-induced cell models, ARPE-19 cells were treated with high glucose. …”
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Potential guidelines for cataract surgery and rehabilitation in visually impaired patients: Literature analysis by Paolo Giuseppe Limoli, Celeste Limoli, Marcella Nebbioso

“…The most common causes of low vision include age‐related macular degeneration (AMD), high myopia (HM), diabetic retinopathy (DR), glaucoma (GL), and inherited degenerative ocular diseases. …”
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Investigating the key principles in two-step heterogeneous transfer learning for early laryngeal cancer identification by Xinyi Fang, Chak Fong Chong, Kei Long Wong, Marco Simões, Benjamin K. Ng

“…For heterogeneity and clear vascular representation, diabetic retinopathy images were chosen as THTL’s intermediate domain. …”
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Discriminative, generative artificial intelligence, and foundation models in retina imaging by Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, Niracha Arjkongharn, Nattaporn Vongsa, Pawin Pakaymaskul, Natsuda Kaothanthong

“…Many studies found better performance of ViT, compared to CNN, for common tasks such as diabetic retinopathy screening on color fundus photographs (CFP) and segmentation of retinal fluid on optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. …”
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Fracture Risk in Type 2 Diabetes: Current Perspectives and Gender Differences by Giuseppina T. Russo, Annalisa Giandalia, Elisabetta L. Romeo, Morabito Nunziata, Marco Muscianisi, Maria Concetta Ruffo, Antonino Catalano, Domenico Cucinotta

“…Insulin deficiency and dysfunction, obesity and hyperinsulinemia, altered level of oestrogen, leptin, and adiponectin as well as diabetes-related complications, especially peripheral neuropathy, orthostatic hypotension, or reduced vision due to retinopathy may all be associated with an impairment in bone metabolism and with the increased risk of fractures. …”
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Association of Neovascular Glaucoma with Risk of Stroke: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Cheng-Wen Su, Yue-Cune Chang, Cheng-Li Lin, Hsin-Yi Chen

“…The risk of ischemic stroke was higher in patients with hypertension (aHR = 2.09, 95% CI = 1.55–2.82) and in patients with diabetic retinopathy (aHR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.05–2.72). Notably, patients with NVG have a higher risk of ischemic stroke, but not hemorrhagic stroke.…”
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