期刊
EYE
卷 27, 期 3, 页码 340-352出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.265
关键词
uveitis; macular degeneration; diabetic retinopathy; inflammation; macrophages; angiogenesis
资金
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
Inflammation, in the pathogenesis of many diseases previously thought to be strictly genetic, degenerative, metabolic, or endocrinologic in aetiology, has gradually entered the framework of a general mechanism of disease. This is exemplified by conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and the more recently described Metabolic Syndrome. Chronic inflammatory processes have a significant, if not primary role, in ophthalmic diseases, particularly in retinal degenerative diseases. However, inflammation itself is not easy to define, and some aspects of inflammation may be beneficial, in a process described as 'para-inflammation' by Medhzitov. In contrast, the damaging effects of inflammation, mediated by pro-inflammatory macrophages through activation of the intracellular protein-signalling complexes, termed inflammasomes, are well recognised and are important therapeutic targets. In this review, the range of inflammatory processes in the eye is evaluated in the context of how these processes impact upon retinal degenerative disease, particularly diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Eye (2013) 27, 340-352; doi:10.1038/eye.2012.265; published online 4 January 2013
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