Autoimmune destruction of pericytes as the cause of diabetic retinopathy
Duncan D AdamsFaculty of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandAbstract: In diabetic retinopathy, collapse of the retinal vasculature is associated with loss of the pericytes. These are contractile cells that together with endothelial cells form the terminal arterioles of the retina. Th...
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Dove Medical Press
2008
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