Propranolol increases vascular permeability through pericyte apoptosis and exacerbates oxygen-induced retinopathy.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.08.041
Abstract: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease that causes blindness due to delayed vascular growth, retinal ischemia, and resulting abnormal angiogenesis. Nonselective β-antagonist propranolol is in clinical trials for the treatment of ROP due… read more here.
Keywords: rop; permeability; propranolol; pericyte apoptosis ... See more keywords