Topical nerve growth factor prevents neurodegenerative and vascular stages of diabetic retinopathy

• Main Authors: Gianpaolo Zerbini (Author), Silvia Maestroni (Author), Letizia Leocani (Author), Andrea Mosca (Author), Michela Godi (Author), Renata Paleari (Author), Arianna Belvedere (Author), Daniela Gabellini (Author), Paola Tirassa (Author), Valerio Castoldi (Author), Ilaria Viganò (Author), Silvia Galbiati (Author), Valentina Turco (Author), Alessandro Lambiase (Author), Paolo Rama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Specific and effective preventive treatment for diabetic retinopathy (DR) is presently unavailable, mostly because the early stages of the complication have been, until recently, poorly understood. The recent demonstration that the vascular phase of DR is preceded and possibly caused by the neurodeg...