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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2025

Research progress on Nrf2 intervention in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.

Yuchen Yang, Haidong Zou

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Yuchen YangShanghai Eye Diseases Prevention & Treatment Center/Shanghai Eye Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Haidong ZouShanghai Eye Diseases Prevention & Treatment Center/Shanghai Eye Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a primary cause of vision loss among individuals with diabetes and represents the most prevalent microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus. Its pathophysiological mechanisms involve processes such as oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, cell apoptosis, and angiogenesis. As a core transcription factor in the antioxidant response, Nrf2 upregulates the expression of antioxidant genes through the Keap1-Nrf2-ARE pathway, hence reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in retinal cells and alleviating oxidative stress and correlated damage. By activating Nrf2, the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines is inhibited, which helps mitigate inflammation and delays DR progression through anti-apoptotic effects, suppression of angiogenesis and ferroptosis inhibition. This review highlights the Nrf2-related regulatory mechanisms and the latest research progress regarding its function in DR, offering a theoretical foundation for Nrf2-targeted DR therapies.

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Diabetic RetinopathyNF-E2-Related Factor 2AnimalsAntioxidantsHumansOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionAntioxidantsNFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2Reactive Oxygen Speciesangiogenesisapoptosisdiabetic retinopathyendoplasmic reticulum stressferroptosisinflammationNrf2oxidative stress

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PMCPMC12133500

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