Circadian rhythms in diabetic retinopathy: an overview of pathogenesis and investigational drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Circadian rhythm is a natural endogenous process occurring roughly every 24 hours. Circadian rhythm dysfunction is involved in diabetic retinopathy (DR) pathogenesis. Interestingly, there are investigational drugs that exhibit potential in the treatment of DR by targeting circadian rhythm dysfunction.

Areas covered

We performed a literature search in June 2020 using PubMed's Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms 'circadian clock,' 'circadian rhythms,' and 'diabetic retinopathy.' This article offers an overview of the physiology of the biological clock and clock regulatory genes and presents an examination of the retinal clock. It discusses the pathogenic mechanisms of DR and emphasizes how circadian rhythm dysfunction at structural, physiological, metabolic and c

SUBMITTER: Bhatwadekar AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736502 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature