Transcription of Inflammatory Cytokine TNFα is Upregulated in Retinal Angiogenesis under Hyperoxia
Author(s) -
Yuxi Feng,
Shalini Gross,
Anupriya Chatterjee,
Yumei Wang,
Jihong Lin,
HansPeter Hammes
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000445649
Subject(s) - hyperoxia , angiogenesis , retinal , retina , vascular endothelial growth factor , neovascularization , retinopathy of prematurity , medicine , biology , ophthalmology , vegf receptors , neuroscience , lung , genetics , pregnancy , gestational age
Hypoxia induces angiogenesis while hyperoxia promotes vasoregression in the retina. We investigated herein the effect of prolonged hyperoxia on retinal angiogenesis and the underlying mechanism in an oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model.
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