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Proteases in Diabetic Retinopathy

Sampathkumar Rangasamy, Paul McGuire, and Arup Das

CONTENTS

PROTEASES IN RETINAL VASCULATURE

PROTEASES IN RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION

TISSUE INHIBITOR OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES IN RETINAL

NEOVASCULARIZATION

PROTEASES IN DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Keywords Urokinase Plasminogen activator (uPA) • Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs)

• Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) • Plasminogen activator inhibitors (PAI)

PROTEASES IN RETINAL VASCULATURE

The human retinal structure along with the neuronal component develops from a single layer of undifferentiated neuroepithelial cells during embryonic ontogenesis. During this process, retinal vasculature develops to form an elaborate vascular tree that matches the metabolic need of tissues. Retinal vascular development involves a complex process of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. Vasculogenesis describes the de novo formation of vessels from vascular endothelial precursor cells (angioblasts), which migrate to or differentiate at the location of future vessels, coalesce into cords, and differentiate into endothelial cells leading to the formation of ultimate vessels [1]. Angiogenesis is a multistep process that requires degradation of the basement membrane, endothelial cell migration and proliferation, and the capillary tube formation, which results in sprouting of new capillaries from the existing blood vessels. Also, new evidence indicates that the bone mar- row–derived endothelial progenitor cells contribute to the postnatal neovascularization.

From: Ophthalmology Research: Visual Dysfunction in Diabetes

Edited by: J. Tombran-Tink et al. (eds.), DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-150-9_10 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

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