NGF and retinal disorder: The therapeutic engagement of neuroprotective agents, such as NGF, in the context of retinopathies has been recently considered.4, 5 Our findings however suggest that caution is needed in this scenario, as the pro‐angiogenic effects of NGF may act detrimentally in the course of proliferative retinopathies like DR, by worsening pathological neovascularization.