Mechanical regulation of retinal vascular inflammation and degeneration in diabetic retinopathy
S. Chandrakumar, I. Santiago Tierno, M. Agarwal, E. M. Lessieur, Y. Du, J. Tang, J. Kiser, X. Yang, T. S. Kern, K. Ghosh
This study shows that retinal vascular stiffening, caused by LOX overexpression, mechanically regulates inflammation and degeneration in diabetic retinopathy, and that inhibiting LOX prevents these effects.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2022Pathology