Diet-induced obesity leads to pro-inflammatory alterations to the vitreous humour of the eye in a rat model

Collins, Kelsey H.; Herzog, Walter; Reimer, Raylene A.; Reno, Carol R.; Heard, Bryan J.; Hart, David Arthur

Diet-induced obesity leads to pro-inflammatory alterations to the vitreous humour of the eye in a rat model

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2018-02

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Springer Nature

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate if diet-induced obesity (DIO) and subsequent low-level systemic inflammation would result in local increases in pro-inflammatory mediators in the vitreous humour (VH) of the eyes of rats.

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Collins, K. H., Herzog, W., Reimer, R. A., Reno, C. R., Heard, B. J., & Hart, D. A. (2018). Diet-induced obesity leads to pro-inflammatory alterations to the vitreous humour of the eye in a rat model. Inflammation Research, 67(2), 139-146. doi:10.1007/s00011-017-1102-y

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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/107773

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