Effects of bariatric surgery on retinal microvascular architecture in obese patients.
Antti ViljanenMinna SoinioCarol Yim-Lui CheungJarna C HannukainenHenry K KarlssonTien Yin WongAlun D HughesPaulina SalminenPirjo NuutilaEija VestiRobyn J TappPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2018)
The findings suggest obesity-related microvascular changes are reversible after bariatric surgery-induced weight loss. The capacity for the retinal microvasculature to improve following bariatric surgery suggests plasticity of the human microvasculature early in the disease course.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- obese patients
- optical coherence tomography
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- diabetic retinopathy
- endothelial cells
- high glucose
- optic nerve
- diabetic rats
- weight gain
- glycemic control
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- drug induced
- pluripotent stem cells
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity