Research Article: Stachydrine Relieved the Inflammation and Promoted the Autophagy in Diabetes Retinopathy Through Activating the AMPK/SIRT Signaling Pathway
Abstract:
Diabetes retinopathy (DR) is a chronic, progressive, and potentially harmful retinal disease associated with persistent hyperglycemia. In western countries, DR is the main cause of blindness among working-age people (– years old). In China, with the increase of the incidence rate of diabetes, the prevalence of DR and the blindness caused by DR have also increased year by year. In the past, DR was considered to be a micro-vascular disease. In fact, in recent years, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has defined DR as a highly tissue-specific neurovascular complication. A recent study found that DR occurrence may be related to the abnormal polyol metabolic pathway, the accumulation of protein nonenzymatic glycosylation products, the activation of protein kinase C (PKC), and the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme system. However, recent studies have found that autophagy exists in pathological neovascularization and neurodegeneration, and thus participates in the occurrence and development of DR.
Introduction:
Diabetes retinopathy (DR) is a chronic, progressive, and potentially harmful retinal disease associated with persistent hyperglycemia. In western countries, DR is the main cause of blindness among working-age people (– years old). In China, with the increase of the incidence rate of diabetes, the prevalence of DR and the blindness caused by DR have also increased year by year. In the past, DR was considered to be a micro-vascular disease. In fact, in recent years, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has…
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