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Aster koraiensis extract prevents diabetes-induced retinal vascular dysfunction in spontaneously diabetic Torii rats

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Title
Aster koraiensis extract prevents diabetes-induced retinal vascular dysfunction in spontaneously diabetic Torii rats
Published in
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, November 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12906-017-1998-3
Pubmed ID
29169356
Authors

Junghyun Kim, Kyuhyung Jo, Chan-Sik Kim, Jin Sook Kim

Abstract

Aster koraiensis extract (AKE) is a standard dietary herbal supplement. The aim of this study is to investigate the inhibitory effects of AKE on diabetes-induced retinal vascular dysfunction in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii (SDT) rats. AKE (50 and 100 mg/kg body weight/day) was administered for 16 weeks. The effects of orally administered AKE on blood glucose levels, retinal vascular leakage, apoptosis, and accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the retina were evaluated. SDT rats exhibited hyperglycemia and retinal vascular leakage, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining was clearly detected apoptosis in the retinal microvasculature. Immunofluorescence staining revealed the accumulation of AGEs in the retinal vasculature of the SDT rats. However, oral administration of AKE for 16 weeks blocked diabetes-induced blood-retinal barrier (BRB) breakdown and the loss of occludin, which is an important tight junction protein. Apoptosis of retinal vascular cells and AGE accumulation were significantly inhibited after AKE treatment. These results indicate that, as a dietary herbal supplement, AKE may have beneficial effects on patients with diabetic retinopathy.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 2 25%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 13%
Student > Master 1 13%
Researcher 1 13%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 2 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 2 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 13%
Psychology 1 13%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 13%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 2 25%

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2017.
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#10,501,544
of 13,785,324 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
#1,714
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#262,145
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#200
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