Modeling early pathophysiological phenotypes of diabetic retinopathy in a human inner blood-retinal barrier-on-a-chip

Abstract Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a microvascular disorder characterized by inner blood-retinal barrier (iBRB) breakdown and irreversible vision loss. While the symptoms of DR are known, disease mechanisms including basement membrane thickening, pericyte dropout and capillary damage remain poorl...

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Main Authors: Thomas L. Maurissen, Alena J. Spielmann, Gabriella Schellenberg, Marc Bickle, Jose Ricardo Vieira, Si Ying Lai, Georgios Pavlou, Sascha Fauser, Peter D. Westenskow, Roger D. Kamm, Héloïse Ragelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45456-z