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. 2022 Feb 26;23(5):2591. doi: 10.3390/ijms23052591

Table 12.

DAMPs as therapeutic agents.

Retinal Disorders DAMPs Therapeutic
Property
Signaling
Pathway
Refs
Endophthalmitis Cathelicidin Anti-microbial TLRs [26]
Uveitis IL-33 Anti-inflammatory Macrophage
M2 polarization
[45]
Glaucoma Decorin Anti-fibrotic Inhibits TGF-β [286]
Diabetic
retinopathy
LIF
HS
Anti-angiogenic
Anti-angiogenic
HIF-1α and VEGF
Inhibiting VEGF-VEGFR2 binding
[116,288]
AMD LIF Anti-angiogenic STAT3 pathway [210]
HSP70 Anti-inflammatory TLR2/TLR4 [213,214]
IL-33 Anti-angiogenic Not known [289]