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CURRENT OPINION IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 280-287Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000747
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age-related macular degeneration; aging; glaucoma; inflammaging; metabolic syndrome; optic neuropathy; over nutrition; Western diet
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Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor that may accelerate aging in retinal neurons and contribute to neurodegeneration in glaucomatous optic neuropathy and age-related macular degeneration.
Purpose of review This review explores metabolic syndrome (MetS) as a risk factor that accelerates aging in retinal neurons and may contribute to the neurodegeneration seen in glaucomatous optic neuropathy (GON) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Recent findings Both animal model experiments and epidemiologic studies suggest that metabolic stress may lead to aberrant regulation of a number of cellular pathways that ultimately lead to premature aging of the cell, including those of a neuronal lineage. GON and AMD are each leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. Aging is a significant risk factor in the specific retinal neuron loss that is seen with each condition. Though aging at a cellular level is difficult to define, there are many mechanistic modifiers of aging. Metabolic-related stresses induce inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, endoplasmic reticulum stress, alterations to the unfolded protein response, defects in autophagy, alterations to the microbiome, and deposition of advanced glycation end products that can all hasten the aging process. Due to the number of variables related to metabolic health, defining criteria to enable the study of risk factors at a population level is challenging. MetS is a definable constellation of related metabolic risk factors that includes enlarged waist circumference, dyslipidemia, systemic hypertension, and hyperglycemia. MetS has been associated with both GON and AMD and may contribute to disease onset and/or progression in each disease.
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