PUBLICATION
Advancing Diabetic Retinopathy Research: Analysis of the Neurovascular Unit in Zebrafish
- Authors
- Middel, C.S., Hammes, H.P., Kroll, J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-210603-27
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- Cells 10(6): (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Kroll, Jens
- Keywords
- diabetic retinopathy, metabolism, microvascular complications and dysfunction, neurovascular unit, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Diabetes Complications/pathology*
- Diabetes Mellitus/pathology*
- Diabetic Retinopathy*/etiology
- Diabetic Retinopathy*/pathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Retina/pathology*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 34070439 Full text @ Cells
Citation
Middel, C.S., Hammes, H.P., Kroll, J. (2021) Advancing Diabetic Retinopathy Research: Analysis of the Neurovascular Unit in Zebrafish. Cells. 10(6):.
Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most important microvascular complications associated with diabetes mellitus, and a leading cause of vision loss or blindness worldwide. Hyperglycaemic conditions disrupt microvascular integrity at the level of the neurovascular unit. In recent years, zebrafish (Danio rerio) have come into focus as a model organism for various metabolic diseases such as diabetes. In both mammals and vertebrates, the anatomy and the function of the retina and the neurovascular unit have been highly conserved. In this review, we focus on the advances that have been made through studying pathologies associated with retinopathy in zebrafish models of diabetes. We discuss the different cell types that form the neurovascular unit, their role in diabetic retinopathy and how to study them in zebrafish. We then present new insights gained through zebrafish studies. The advantages of using zebrafish for diabetic retinopathy are summarised, including the fact that the zebrafish has, so far, provided the only animal model in which hyperglycaemia-induced retinal angiogenesis can be observed. Based on currently available data, we propose potential investigations that could advance the field further.
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