Retinal Toxicity Induced by Chemical Agents

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Abstract

Vision is an important sense for humans, and visual impairment/blindness has a huge impact in daily life. The retina is a nervous tissue that is essential for visual processing since it possesses light sensors (photoreceptors) and performs a pre-processing of visual information. Thus, retinal cell dysfunction or degeneration affects visual ability and several general aspects of the day-to-day of a person’s lives. The retina has a blood–retinal barrier, which protects the tissue from a wide range of molecules or microorganisms. However, several agents, coming from systemic pathways, reach the retina and influence its function and survival. Pesticides are still used worldwide for agriculture, contaminating food with substances that could reach the retina. Natural products have also been used for therapeutic purposes and are another group of substances that can get to the retina. Finally, a wide number of medicines administered for different diseases can also affect the retina. The present review aimed to gather recent information about the hazard of these products to the retina, which could be used to encourage the search for more healthy, suitable, or less risky agents.

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Souza Monteiro de Araújo, D., Brito, R., Pereira-Figueiredo, D., dos Santos-Rodrigues, A., De Logu, F., Nassini, R., … Calaza, K. C. (2022, August 1). Retinal Toxicity Induced by Chemical Agents. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23158182

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