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SUBMITTER: Eid S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679814 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eid Stephanie S Sas Kelli M KM Abcouwer Steven F SF Feldman Eva L EL Gardner Thomas W TW Pennathur Subramaniam S Fort Patrice E PE
Diabetologia 20190725 9
Diabetes adversely affects multiple organs, including the kidney, eye and nerve, leading to diabetic kidney disease, diabetic retinopathy and diabetic neuropathy, respectively. In both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, tissue damage is organ specific and is secondary to a combination of multiple metabolic insults. Hyperglycaemia, dyslipidaemia and hypertension combine with the duration and type of diabetes to define the distinct pathophysiology underlying diabetic kidney disease, diabetic retinopathy ...[more]