The db/db mouse: a useful model for the study of diabetic retinal neurodegeneration.

BACKGROUND: To characterize the sequential events that are taking place in retinal neurodegeneration in a murine model of spontaneous type 2 diabetes (db/db mouse). METHODS: C57BLKsJ-db/db mice were used as spontaneous type 2 diabetic animal model, and C57BLKsJ-db/+ mice served as the control group....

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Main Authors: Patricia Bogdanov, Lidia Corraliza, Josep A Villena, Andrea R Carvalho, José Garcia-Arumí, David Ramos, Jesús Ruberte, Rafael Simó, Cristina Hernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4023966?pdf=render