Christine Delle, Xiaowei Wang, Michael Giannetto, Evan Newbold, Weiguo Peng, Ryszard Stefan Gomolka, Antonio Ladrón-de-Guevara, Neža Cankar, Elise Schiøler Nielsen, Celia Kjaerby, Pia Weikop, Yuki Mori, Maiken Nedergaard
Glymphatic transport is vital for the physiological homeostasis of the retina and optic nerve. Pathological alterations of ocular glymphatic fluid transport and enlarged perivascular spaces have been described in glaucomatous mice. It remains to be established how diabetic retinopathy, which impairs vision in about 50% of diabetes patients, impacts ocular glymphatic fluid transport. Here, we examined ocular glymphatic transport in chronic hyperglycemic diabetic mice as well as in healthy mice experiencing a daily transient increase in blood glucose...
March 12, 2024: Fluids and Barriers of the CNS