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Ocular Manifestations after Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine: A Systematic Review.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound and lasting consequences since 2019. Although vaccines against COVID-19 have been...

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Homocysteine Induces Inflammation in Retina and Brain.

Homocysteine (Hcy) is an amino acid that requires vitamins B12 and folic acid for its metabolism. Vitamins B12 and folic...

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The Association between Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Blood Pressure: Two Aspects of Hypertension and Hypotension.

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Although the mechanism of the development of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)...

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ALDH2/SIRT1 Contributes to Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes-Induced Retinopathy through Depressing Oxidative Stress.

Clinical observations found vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (DR) occurs in both type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus...

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Ocular conditions and dry eye due to traditional and new forms of smoking: A review.

Addiction to cigarette smoking has high prevalence rates recorded worldwide. Smoking has been linked to several life-threatening systemic conditions such...

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Alcohol Consumption and Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Dose-response Meta-analysis.

Purpose: To perform a systematic review on the association between alcohol consumption and risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using...

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Ultraviolet radiation oxidative stress affects eye health.

In the eye, ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is not known to contribute to visual perception but to mainly damage multiple structures....

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Oxidative stress on lens and cataract formation: role of light and oxygen.

The mechanism of oxidative damage to the lens through intraocular photochemical generation of superoxide and its derivatization to other oxidants...

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Mitochondria-dependent phase separation of disease-relevant proteins drives pathological features of age-related macular degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) damages the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), the tissue that safeguards photoreceptor health, leading to irreversible vision...

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