Glucosamine protects against neuronal but not vascular damage in experimental diabetic retinopathy

• Main Authors: Rachana Eshwaran (Author), Matthias Kolibabka (Author), Gernot Poschet (Author), Gregor Jainta (Author), Di Zhao (Author), Loic Teuma (Author), Katharina Murillo (Author), Hans-Peter Hammes (Author), Martina Schmidt (Author), Thomas Wieland (Author), Yuxi Feng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Glucosamine, an intermetabolite of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP), is a widely used nutritional supplement in osteoarthritis patients, a subset of whom also suffer from diabetes. HBP is activated in diabetic retinopathy (DR). The aim of this study is to investigate the yet uncl...