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01.06.2004 | Commentary
The time has come to target connective tissue growth factor in diabetic complications
verfasst von:
S. M. Twigg, M. E. Cooper
Erschienen in:
Diabetologia
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Ausgabe 6/2004
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Excerpt
Dysregulation of growth factors is amongst the changes that occur in cells and tissues in diabetes. As growth factors commonly control essential biological functions, it follows that they may be critical in causing the end-organ complications of diabetes [
1]. Consequently, identifying the key growth factor(s) that cause a particular type and stage of diabetic tissue damage is of potential importance in preventing and treating diabetes complications. …