Diabetic Retinopathy and Damage to Mitochondrial Structure and Transport Machinery | Zendy

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Diabetic Retinopathy and Damage to Mitochondrial Structure and Transport Machinery

Author(s) -

Qing Peter Wild Zhong,

Renu A. Kowluru

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

investigative ophthalmology and visual science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1552-5783

pISSN - 0146-0404

DOI - 10.1167/iovs.11-8045

Subject(s) - mfn2 , mitochondrial fusion , mitochondrion , retinal , biology , mitochondrial fission , retina , diabetic retinopathy , western blot , mitochondrial dna , fis1 , endocrinology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , diabetes mellitus , gene , genetics , biochemistry , neuroscience

Mitochondrial function is controlled by membrane structure. In diabetes, retinal mitochondria are dysfunctional, and reversal of hyperglycemia fails to inhibit such changes. The goal of this study was to use anatomic and molecular biologic techniques to investigate the effect of diabetes on mitochondrial membrane structure.

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