The activation of retinal HCA2 receptors by systemic beta-hydroxybutyrate inhibits diabetic retinal damage through reduction of endoplasmic reticulum stress and the NLRP3 inflammasome

• Maria Consiglia Trotta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9813-5955

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• Rosa Maisto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-8493

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• Francesca Guida,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

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• Serena Boccella,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

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• Livio Luongo,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

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• Cornel Balta,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania

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• Giovanbattista D’Amico,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-8635

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• Hildegard Herman,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania

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• Anca Hermenean,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Institute of Life Sciences, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

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• Claudio Bucolo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Center for Research in Ocular Pharmacology—CERFO University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Michele D’Amico

  Roles Supervision

  * E-mail: michele.damico@unicampania.it

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-0595

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