Author, as appears in the article.: Pedro Romero-Aroca; Marc Baget-Bernaldiz; Alicia Pareja-Rios; Maribel Lopez-Galvez; Raul Navarro-Gil; Raquel Verges
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: ROMERO AROCA, PEDRO; Marc Baget-Bernaldiz; Alicia Pareja-Rios; Maribel Lopez-Galvez; Raul Navarro-Gil; Raquel Verges
Keywords: Pathophysiology Diabetic macular edema
Abstract: Diabetic macular edema (DME) can cause blindness in diabetic patients suffering from diabetic retinopathy (DR). DM parameters controls (glycemia, arterial tension, and lipids) are the gold standard for preventing DR and DME. Although the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is known to play a role in the development of DME, the pathological processes leading to the onset of this disease are highly complex and the exact sequence in which they occur is still not completely understood. Angiogenesis and inflammation have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. However, it still remains to be clarified whether angiogenesis following VEGF overexpression is a cause or a consequence of inflammation. This paper provides a review of the data currently available, focusing on VEGF, angiogenesis, and inflammation. Our analysis suggests that angiogenesis and inflammation act interdependently during the development of DME. Knowledge of DME etiology seems to be important in treatments with anti-VEGF or anti-inflammatory drugs. Current diagnostic techniques do not permit us to differentiate between both etiologies. In the future, diagnosing the physiopathology of each patient with DME will help us to select the most effective drug.
Research group: Grup de Recerca d'Oftalmologia
Thematic Areas: Health sciences Ciencias de la salud Ciències de la salut
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 2314-6745
Author identifier: N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D
Record's date: 2016-11-02
Journal volume: 2016
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
First page: Art.num. 2156273
Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
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