Molecular Actions of PPARα in Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation

N Bougarne, B Weyers, SJ Desmet, J Deckers… - Endocrine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor α (PPAR α) is a nuclear receptor of clinical
interest as a drug target in various metabolic disorders. PPAR α also exhibits marked anti …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetic retinopathy: current understanding, mechanisms, and treatment strategies

EJ Duh, JK Sun, AW Stitt - JCI insight, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) causes significant visual loss on a global scale. Treatments for the
vision-threatening complications of diabetic macular edema (DME) and proliferative diabetic …

Diabetic macular oedema

GS Tan, N Cheung, R Simó, GCM Cheung… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Diabetic macular oedema, characterised by exudative fluid accumulation in the macula, is
the most common form of sight-threatening retinopathy in people with diabetes. It affects one …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers in diabetic retinopathy

AJ Jenkins, MV Joglekar, AA Hardikar… - The review of diabetic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is a global diabetes epidemic correlating with an increase in obesity. This coincidence
may lead to a rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. There is also an as yet unexplained …

Wnt Signaling in vascular eye diseases

Z Wang, CH Liu, S Huang, J Chen - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Wnt signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in vascular morphogenesis in various organs
including the eye. Wnt ligands and receptors are key regulators of ocular angiogenesis both …

PPARα: An emerging target of metabolic syndrome, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases

Y Lin, Y Wang, P Li - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is a ligand-activated transcription
factor that is involved in lipid metabolism of various tissues. Different metabolites of fatty …

Pathogenic Role of microRNA-21 in Diabetic Retinopathy Through Downregulation of PPARα

Q Chen, F Qiu, K Zhou, HG Matlock, Y Takahashi… - Diabetes, 2017 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Fenofibrate, a specific agonist of peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor-α (PPARα),
displays robust therapeutic effects on diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 …

The inflammasome in chronic complications of diabetes and related metabolic disorders

S Menini, C Iacobini, M Vitale, G Pugliese - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus (DM) ranks seventh as a cause of death worldwide. Chronic
complications, including cardiovascular, renal, and eye disease, as well as DM-associated …

Fenofibrate increases cardiac autophagy via FGF21/SIRT1 and prevents fibrosis and inflammation in the hearts of Type 1 diabetic mice

J Zhang, Y Cheng, J Gu, S Wang, S Zhou… - Clinical …, 2016 - portlandpress.com
Fenofibrate (FF), as a peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) agonist, has
been used clinically for decades to lower lipid levels. In the present study, we examined …

Fenofibrate-loaded biodegradable nanoparticles for the treatment of experimental diabetic retinopathy and neovascular age-related macular degeneration

F Qiu, T Meng, Q Chen, K Zhou, Y Shao… - Molecular …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Fenofibrate is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) agonist and has been
shown to have therapeutic effects on diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, the effects of …