Interpretation of OCT and OCTA images from a histological approach: clinical and experimental implications

N Cuenca, I Ortuno-Lizaran, X Sanchez-Saez… - Progress in retinal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA) have been a
technological breakthrough in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of many retinal …

Involvement of a gut–retina axis in protection against dietary glycemia-induced age-related macular degeneration

S Rowan, S Jiang, T Korem… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the major cause of blindness in developed
nations. AMD is characterized by retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cell dysfunction and …

Serotonin in retina

J Masson - Biochimie, 2019 - Elsevier
The expression of serotonin (5-HT) in the retina was first reported in the sixties. The
detection of vesicular monoamine transporter and serotonin receptors in several retinal cells …

Buspirone Enhances Cell Survival and Preserves Structural Integrity during Oxidative Injury to the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

MR Biswal, RJ Paulson, R Vichare, AS Lewin - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic oxidative stress impairs the normal functioning of the retinal pigment epithelium
(RPE), leading to atrophy of this cell layer in cases of advance age-related macular …

Modulation of TGF-β/Smad and ERK signaling pathways mediates the anti-fibrotic effect of mirtazapine in mice

DM El-Tanbouly, W Wadie, RH Sayed - Toxicology and applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Serotonin (5-HT) has been implicated as a key driver of liver fibrosis, acting via 5-
HT2 receptor activation in the hepatic stellate cells. The current study was conducted to …

Glycative stress as a cause of macular degeneration

E Bejarano, A Domenech-Bendaña… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
People are living longer and rates of age-related diseases such as age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) are accelerating, placing enormous burdens on patients and health …

Monomethyl fumarate protects the retina from light-induced retinopathy

D Jiang, RC Ryals, SJ Huang… - … & Visual Science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: We determine if monomethyl fumarate (MMF) can protect the retina in mice
subjected to light-induced retinopathy (LIR). Methods: Albino BALB/c mice were …

Repurposing drugs for treatment of age-related macular degeneration

SG Francisco, S Rowan - Retinal Degenerative Diseases XIX …, 2023 - Springer
The need for new drugs to treat dry forms of age-related macular degeneration remains
high. A promising approach is repurposing of FDA-approved medications to treat AMD …

GARP2 accelerates retinal degeneration in rod cGMP-gated cation channel β-subunit knockout mice

ML DeRamus, DA Stacks, Y Zhang, CE Huisingh… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The Cngb1 locus-encoded β-subunit of rod cGMP-gated cation channel and associated
glutamic acid rich proteins (GARPs) are required for phototransduction, disk morphogenesis …

Synthesis and Biological Analysis of Iso-dimethyltryptamines in a Model of Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration

EJ Pazur, A Kalatanova, NR Tasker… - ACS Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Iso-dimethyltryptamine (isoDMT) analogues with heterocyclic substitutions at the indole C
(3) were prepared in a hydrogen autotransfer alkylation and tested in combination with …