Syn3, a newly developed cyclic peptide and BDNF signaling enhancer, ameliorates retinal ganglion cell degeneration in diabetic retinopathy

Affiliations

• ¹ The Affiliated Eye Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
• ² Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
• ³ Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, Eye and ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
• ⁵ Department of Joint Surgery and Geriatric Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of YouJiang Medical University for Nationalities, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Basic and Translational Research of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Guangxi Biomedical Materials Engineering Research Center for Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Baise 533000, China.
• ⁶ Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Institution of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou 215031, China.