Therapeutic efficacy of sonic hedgehog protein in experimental diabetic neuropathy
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Sonic hedgehog induces arteriogenesis in diabetic vasa nervorum and restores function in diabetic neuropathy.
OBJECTIVE The embryonic morphogen sonic hedgehog (SHh) has been shown to induce neovascularization of ischemic tissue but has not been shown to play a role in regulating vascular nerve supply. Accordingly, we investigated the hypothesis that systemic injection of SHh protein could improve nerve blood flow and function in diabetic neuropathy (DN). METHODS AND RESULTS Twelve weeks after inducti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci200315792