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Vol 10, No 2 (2004)
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Published online: 2004-05-10
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Current opinion on the role of angiogenic factors in the development of diabetic retinopathy

Edyta Sacha, Tomasz Sacha, Aldona Dembińska-Kieć, Jolanta Dubiel
Acta Angiologica 2004;10(2):47-56.

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Vol 10, No 2 (2004)
Review papers
Published online: 2004-05-10

Abstract

The pathological outgrowth of new blood vessels in the bottom of the eye and during eyeball tissue disruption are currently responsible for most cases of vision loss. Aberrant blood vessel growth in the retina, which underlies the pathology of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, is the result of the ischemia-driven disruption of the normally antiangiogenic environment of the retina. Ischemic retinopathies are thought to be caused by the increase of activators of neovascularization and vessel wall leakage, as well as by the decreased activity of the angiogenesis inhibitors. The most important proangiogenic factors include: basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), placental growth factor (PIGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) when pigment epithelium-derived growth factor (PEDF) is discovered to be their natural inhibitor. In this review, the current knowledge concerning the role of angiogenic factors in the development of diabetic retinopathy is presented.

Abstract

The pathological outgrowth of new blood vessels in the bottom of the eye and during eyeball tissue disruption are currently responsible for most cases of vision loss. Aberrant blood vessel growth in the retina, which underlies the pathology of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, is the result of the ischemia-driven disruption of the normally antiangiogenic environment of the retina. Ischemic retinopathies are thought to be caused by the increase of activators of neovascularization and vessel wall leakage, as well as by the decreased activity of the angiogenesis inhibitors. The most important proangiogenic factors include: basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), placental growth factor (PIGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) when pigment epithelium-derived growth factor (PEDF) is discovered to be their natural inhibitor. In this review, the current knowledge concerning the role of angiogenic factors in the development of diabetic retinopathy is presented.

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Keywords

proliferative diabetic retinopathy; angiogenesis; pro-angiogenic growth factors; inhibitors of angiogenesis

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Title

Current opinion on the role of angiogenic factors in the development of diabetic retinopathy

Journal

Acta Angiologica

Issue

Vol 10, No 2 (2004)

Article type

Review paper

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47-56

Published online

2004-05-10

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Acta Angiologica 2004;10(2):47-56.

Keywords

proliferative diabetic retinopathy
angiogenesis
pro-angiogenic growth factors
inhibitors of angiogenesis

Authors

Edyta Sacha
Tomasz Sacha
Aldona Dembińska-Kieć
Jolanta Dubiel

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