Is PPARG the key gene in diabetic retinopathy?

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Costa, Valerio ^a   Ciccodicola, Alfredo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; diabetic retinopathy; peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA LIGAND; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLINDNESS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOSTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PPARG GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; PPAR GAMMA;

EID: 82955184572     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01443.x     Document Type: Review

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