Neonatal Hyperglycemia Inhibits Angiogenesis and Induces Inflammation and Neuronal Degeneration in the Retina

Recent evidence suggests that transient hyperglycemia in extremely low birth weight infants is strongly associated with the occurrence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). We propose a new model of Neonatal Hyperglycemia-induced Retinopathy (NHIR) that mimics many aspects of retinopathy of prematuri...

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Main Authors: Kermorvant-Duchemin, Elsa, Pinel, Alexis Christophe, Lavalette, Sophie, Lenne, Delphine, Raoul, William, Calippe, Bertrand, Behar-Cohen, Francine, Sahel, José-Alain, Guillonneau, Xavier, Sennlaub, Florian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836846/