Diabetes Aggravates Photoreceptor Pathologies in a Mouse Model for Ocular Vitamin A Deficiency

• Main Authors: Srinivasagan Ramkumar (Author), Vipul M. Parmar (Author), Jean Moon (Author), Chieh Lee (Author), Patricia R. Taylor (Author), Johannes von Lintig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Emerging evidence indicates that diabetes disturbs photoreceptor function and vitamin A homeostasis. However, the biochemical basis of this phenotype is not well established. Here, we compared the effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes in wild-type (WT) mice and <i>Stra6<sup>-/-</...