Eye vessels saved by rescuing their pericyte partners
D Antonetti - Nature medicine, 2009 - nature.com
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High blood sugar can lead to diabetic retinopathy and subsequent blindness. Glucose is now found to quench a growth factor that keeps pericytes alive. Without these key support cells, the retinal vasculature degenerates (pages 1298–1306).
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