Sorbitol, phosphoinositides, and sodium-potassium-ATPase in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications.

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Summary

Aldose reductase inhibitors firmly link defects in myo-inositol metabolism to activation of the polyol pathway in diabetes; the resulting "sorbitol-myo- inositol hypothesis" has been extended from its application to the lenses and peripheral nerves to most of the tissues involved with diabetic complications.

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review
Published
1987-03-05
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Keywords

Polyol pathway, Aldose reductase, Medicine, Sorbitol, Diabetes mellitus

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