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Lowered cortistatin expression is an early event in the human diabetic retina and is associated with apoptosis and glial activation

PURPOSE: Cortistatin (CST), a neuropeptide with strong structural and functional similarities to somatostatin, is abundant in the vitreous fluid, and it is decreased in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The aims of the present study were to explore whether the retina produces CST, an...

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Autores principales: Carrasco, Esther, Hernández, Cristina, de Torres, Inés, Farrés, Jaume, Simó, Rafael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Vision 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2516506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18709137