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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2023

Quantification of microvascular change of retinal degeneration in Royal College of Surgeons rats using high-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography angiography.

Zhen-Jie Zhang, You-Ren Wu, Yueh Chien, Yang Chen, Shih-Hwa Chiou, Shih-Jen Chen, Jia-Pu Syu, Wen-Chuan Kuo

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Zhen-Jie ZhangNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Institute of Biophotonics, Taipei, Taiwan.
You-Ren WuTaipei Veterans General Hospital, Department of Medical Research, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0009-0009-3817-8190
Yueh ChienTaipei Veterans General Hospital, Department of Medical Research, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yang ChenNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Institute of Biophotonics, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Hwa ChiouTaipei Veterans General Hospital, Department of Medical Research, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Jen ChenTaipei Veterans General Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Taiwan.
Jia-Pu SyuNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Institute of Biophotonics, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wen-Chuan KuoNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Institute of Biophotonics, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7432-1948
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significance: For research on retinitis pigmentosa in humans, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rat is commonly used as the primary animal model since the disease process is similar. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how the disease develops and determine whether the treatment is effective. Aim: In this study, structural and microvascular change of retinal degeneration in RCS rats was assessed non-invasively on specific dates over 3.5 months. Approach: Using a high-resolution spectral domain (SD) optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), the retinal degeneration in RCS rats, from day 14 until day 126, was qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed. Results: Aside from the thinning of the retina thickness starting from 2 weeks of age, blood vessels in the deep layer of the retina also began to degenerate at about 4 weeks of age. Hole structures appeared at the inner nuclear layer and the inner plexiform layer by the age of 10 weeks. Observations of abnormal angiogenesis in the choroid began by 12 weeks of age. Conclusions: We conducted a longitudinal study of retina degeneration structure and vascular changes in an RCS rat model using a supercontinuum laser based high-resolution SD-OCTA. Combined with OCTA, OCT leads to a better understanding of photoreceptor pathology as retinal degeneration by identifying tissue and vessel loss.

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Retinal DegenerationSurgeonsAnimalsFluorescein AngiographyHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLongitudinal StudiesRatsRetinaTomography, Optical Coherenceangiographyoptical coherence tomographyretina degenerationRoyal College of Surgeons rats

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PMID37841506
PMCPMC10570624
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