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Protective effect of PACAP-38 on retinal pigmented epithelium in an <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> model of diabetic retinopathy through EGFR-dependent mechanism

Publication date: Available online 24 June 2019Source: PeptidesAuthor(s): Grazia Maugeri, Agata Grazia D’Amico, Claudio Bucolo, Velia D’AgataAbstractDiabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common microvascular complications of diabetes.In the last years, several in vivo studies have demonstrated the protective role of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP-38) to counteract several alterations occurring during DR. Recently, different studies have demonstrated that some PACAP-38...

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