Deletion of aldose reductase from mice inhibits diabetes-induced retinal capillary degeneration and superoxide generation.

Pharmacologic inhibition of aldose reductase (AR) previously has been studied with respect to diabetic retinopathy with mixed results. Since drugs can have off-target effects, we studied the effects of AR deletion on the development and molecular abnormalities that contribute to diabetic retinopathy...

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Main Authors: Jie Tang, Yunpeng Du, J Mark Petrash, Nader Sheibani, Timothy S Kern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3628579?pdf=render