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Recombinant AAV vectors mediate efficient and sustained transgene expression in retinal tissues and offer a powerful approach to the local, sustained delivery of angiostatic proteins for the treatment of ocular neovascular disorders. The application of such strategies may also require regulated gene
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss among the elderly population. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is essential for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) development in advanced, wet AMD. Chrysin (5,7-dihydroxyflavone) is a natural flavonoid
OBJECTIVE
Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 is a key oxygen sensor and is believed to play an important role in neovascularization (NV). The purpose of this study is to determine the role of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-derived HIF-1α on ocular NV.
METHODS
Conditional HIF-1α knockout (KO) mice
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the expression and distribution of neoangiogenic molecules and the role of hypoxia during the development of experimental choroidal neovascularization (CNV).
METHODS
Lesions were induced on C57Bl6 mice using laser photocoagulation. Animals were euthanized in a timely manner
Hypoxic stress is a risk factor of ocular neovascularization. Hypoxia visualization may provide clues regarding the underlying cause of angiogenesis. Recently, we developed a hypoxia-specific probe, protein transduction domain-oxygen-dependent degradation domain-HaloTag-Rhodamine (POH-Rhodamine). In
The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticle (NPs) as a gene vector for functional plasmid DNA (pDNA) and to investigate its inhibitory efficacy on experimental choroidal neovascularization (CNV). We developed intravitreal administered,
OBJECTIVE
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is a major cause of vision loss in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) plays a critical role in homing of bone marrow-derived cells (BMCs) to choroidal
OBJECTIVE
The transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 plays a central physiological role in oxygen and energy homeostasis and is activated during hypoxia by stabilization of the subunit HIF-1alpha. Hypoxia plays an important role in the development of choroidal neovascularization
Aberrant growth of blood vessels in the choroid layer of the eye, termed choroidal neovascularization (CNV), is the pathological hallmark of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), causing irreversible blindness among the elderly. Co-localization of proangiogenic factors and hypoxia
Retinal neovascularization (NV) and macular edema, resulting from blood-retinal barrier (BRB) breakdown, are major causes of visual loss in ischemic retinopathies. Choroidal NV (CNV) occurs in diseases of the retinal pigmented epithelium/Bruch's membrane complex and is another extremely prevalent
Cellular responses to hypoxia are mediated by the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF). In normoxia, HIF-α proteins are regulated by a family of dioxygenases, through prolyl and asparagyl hydroxylation, culminating in proteasomal degradation and transcriptional inactivation. In hypoxia, the dioxygenases
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is the pathological growth of new blood vessels in the sub-retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) space from the choroid through a break in the Bruch's membrane (BM). Despite its importance in studying biological processes and drug discovery, the development of an in
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is common in various retinal and choroidal diseases, and may result in severe and irreversible loss of vision. Our previous studies suggested that Endostar, a novel recombinant endostatin, is able to inhibit the proliferation and migration of choroid‑retinal
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the expression of HIF-1alpha in human retinal pigment epithelium (hRPE) induced by hypoxia at different time points and to study the mechanism of choroidal neovascularization.
METHODS
hRPE were isolated, cultured and identified. The changes of level of mRNA and protein of