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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2025

A new perspective on protecting the blood-retinal barrier against injury in diabetic retinopathy: mitophagy.

Mengtian Li, Liyang Yang, Haoyu Zhai, Liping Qiao, Zhaobo Wang, Xuedong An, Jia Wang

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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 7 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Molecular stress and neurovascular injury in the diabetic retina.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  7. Autophagy in ocular diseases: from mechanisms to therapeutic potential.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mengtian Li *Department of General Internal Medicine, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Liyang Yang *Department of General Internal Medicine, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Haoyu ZhaiDepartment of Oncology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Liping QiaoJiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Zhaobo WangDepartment of Endocrinology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xuedong AnDepartment of Endocrinology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jia WangDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The blood-retinal barrier (BRB) comprises the inner blood-retinal barrier (iBRB) and the outer blood-retinal barrier (oBRB). The integrity of the BRB is essential to maintaining stability of the retinal microenvironment. Mitophagy plays a crucial role in maintaining organellar integrity by regulating mitochondrial quality and quantity. High glucose-induced mitophagy dysfunction contributes to diabetic retinopathy (DR) by damaging the BRB. This review presents mitophagy mechanisms under physiological conditions and examines changes across different cell types under DR-related pathological conditions that damage the BRB. It also summarizes drugs and targets that regulate mitophagy to stabilize the BRB and alleviate DR, offering new therapeutic insights.

Indexed as

Blood-Retinal BarrierDiabetic RetinopathyMitophagyAnimalsHumansMitochondriablood-retinal barrierdiabetic retinopathyinflammationmitochondrial dysfunctionmitophagyoxidative stresstherapeutic strategy

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PMID40969374
PMCPMC12440725

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