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Diabetic and non-diabetic human cornea and tear γ-glutamyl transpeptidase activity

BACKGROUND: Diabetes-related eye disease is due in part to oxidative stress. Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is a γ-glutamyl cycle enzyme that protects against oxidative stress via glutathione recapture. This study investigates corneal and Schirmer tears GGT activity in diabetic and non-diabetic...

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Autores principales: Burnham, Jordan M, Sakhalkar, Monali, Langford, Marlyn P, Liang, Chanping, Redens, Thomas B, Jain, Sushil K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23345964
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S37546