Chemokine Mediated Monocyte Trafficking into the Retina: Role of Inflammation in Alteration of the Blood-Retinal Barrier in Diabetic Retinopathy

Sampathkumar Rangasamy, Paul McGuire, Carolina Franco Nitta, +3

PLoS ONE

Accelerated aging as evidenced by increased telomere shortening and mitochondrial DNA depletion in patients with type 2 diabetes

Finny Monickaraj, Sankaramoorthy Aravind, Kuppan Gokulakrishnan, +5

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

AgingMitochondrial FunctionLongevityGeneticsDiabetes +6

Imbalanced levels of angiogenic and angiostatic factors in vitreous, plasma and postmortem retinal tissue of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Nithyakalyani Mohan, Finny Monickaraj, Muthuswamy Balasubramanyam, +2

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Diabetic RetinopathyOcular DiseaseVitreous BodyOphthalmologyAngiostatic Factors +8

Accelerated fat cell aging links oxidative stress and insulin resistance in adipocytes

Finny Monickaraj, Sankaramoorthy Aravind, Pichamoorthy Nandhini, +4

Journal of Biosciences

Insulin ResistanceObesityMetabolic SyndromeAgingLinks Oxidative Stress +10

Transcriptional regulation of cytokines and oxidative stress by gallic acid in human THP-1 monocytes

Kuppan Gokulakrishnan, Jayashree Balasubramanyam, Finny Monickaraj, +3

Cytokine

InflammationCytokineTranscriptional RegulationReductive StressSignal Transduction +9

Basement membrane stiffening promotes retinal endothelial activation associated with diabetes

Xiao Yang, Harry Scott, Finny Monickaraj, +8

The FASEB Journal

Cell AdhesionBm StiffnessOcular Surface PhysiologyBasement MembraneCellular Physiology +17

Convergence of adipocyte hypertrophy, telomere shortening and hypoadiponectinemia in obese subjects and in patients with type 2 diabetes

Finny Monickaraj, Kuppan Gokulakrishnan, Prabu Paramasivam, +5

Clinical Biochemistry

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeBody CompositionMetabolic DisorderObese Subjects +8

Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Chemokine CXCL1 as a Mediator for Neutrophil Recruitment Associated With Blood-Retinal Barrier Alteration in Diabetic Retinopathy

Finny Monickaraj, Gabriella Acosta, Andrea Cabrera, +1

Diabetes

Subclinical inflammation/oxidation as revealed by altered gene expression profiles in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and Type 2 diabetes patients

Kuppan Gokulakrishnan, Kutuva Tulasi Mohanavalli, Finny Monickaraj, +2

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

InflammationMetabolic SyndromeInsulin SignalingAutoimmune DiseaseInsulin Management +11

Association of increased levels of MCP-1 and cathepsin-D in young onset type 2 diabetes patients (T2DM-Y) with severity of diabetic retinopathy

S. Siva Ram Reddy, Anandakumar Amutha, Ramachandran Rajalakshmi, +9

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Metabolic SyndromeDiabetic RetinopathyOcular DiseaseOphthalmologyDiabetes +7