Novel Approaches in Preventing and Treating Ocular Diseases
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Novel Approaches in Preventing and Treating Ocular Diseases
Using a rat lens organ-culture model, the authors investigated whether PM could inhibit AGE formation in the diabetic lens. They measured lens AGEs and relevant biochemical mediators including glutathione and the activities of aldose reductase and glyoxalase in normal and diabetic rat lenses. The results of this study showed that PM failed to block cataract development. However, PM treatment wa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmic Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0030-3747,1423-0259
DOI: 10.1159/000095766