Upregulated inflammatory associated factors and blood-retinal barrier changes in the retina of type 2 diabetes mellitus model
Author(s) -
Ruijin Ran,
Xiaoying Zheng,
Liping Du,
Xuedong Zhang,
Xiaoli Chen,
Shenyin Zhu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2227-4898
pISSN - 2222-3959
DOI - 10.18240/ijo.2016.11.09
Subject(s) - medicine , endocrinology , insulin resistance , diabetes mellitus , blood–retinal barrier , streptozotocin , retina , type 2 diabetes mellitus , insulin , western blot , h&e stain , retinal , diabetic retinopathy , immunohistochemistry , chemistry , biology , ophthalmology , biochemistry , neuroscience , gene
To examine the expression of high mobility group box-1 (HMGB-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in the retina and the hippocampal tissues; and further to evaluate the association of these two molecules with the alterations of blood-retinal barrier (BRB) and blood-brain barrier (BBB) in a rat model of type 2 diabetes.
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