Insulin may cause deterioration of proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-308

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Liu, Na ^a   Wang, Yusheng ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; INSULIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LEUKOSTASIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA INJURY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 59249108507     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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