PMID- 38159411 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240122 LR - 20240201 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 695 DP - 2024 Feb 5 TI - The role of retinal glial cells and related factors in macular edema. PG - 149415 LID - S0006-291X(23)01509-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149415 [doi] AB - Macular edema (ME) has emerged as a leading cause of visual impairment, representing a critical clinical manifestation and complication associated with many eye diseases. In the occurrence and development of ME, retinal glial cells like Muller cells and microglial cells play vital roles. Moreover, growth factor and cytokines associated with them, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4), interleukin-6(IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), prostaglandin, etc., also take part in the pathogenesis of ME. Changes in these cytokines can lead to retinal angiogenesis, increased vascular permeability, blood-retinal barrier (BRB) breakdown, and fluid leakage, further causing ME to occur or deteriorate. Research on the role of retinal glial cells and related cytokines in ME will provide new therapeutic directions and effective remedies. This article is a literature review on the role of Muller cells, microglial cells and related factors in ME pathogenesis. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Qi AU - Zhang Q AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. Electronic address: 921185866@qq.com. FAU - Qi, Shounan AU - Qi S AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. Electronic address: qisn@jlu.edu.cn. FAU - You, Jiaxin AU - You J AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. Electronic address: 1027956548@qq.com. FAU - Wang, Chenguang AU - Wang C AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. Electronic address: wcg@jlu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20231223 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Macular Edema MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism MH - Retina/metabolism MH - Neuroglia/metabolism MH - Cytokines/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cytokine OT - Macular edema OT - Microglial cells OT - Muller cells COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Qi Zhang, Shounan Qi, Jiaxin You and Chenguang Wang declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2024/01/02 11:44 MHDA- 2024/01/22 06:41 CRDT- 2023/12/30 18:05 PHST- 2023/10/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/22 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/02 11:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/30 18:05 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(23)01509-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149415 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2024 Feb 5;695:149415. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149415. Epub 2023 Dec 23.