增长激素在缺血诱导的视网膜新血管化中的重要作用

L E Smith1, J J Kopchick, W Chen

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. smith_lo@a1.tch.harvard.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 13, 1997
PubMed
概括

增长激素 (GH) 和类似胰岛素的增长因子-I (IGF-I) 在视网膜新血管化中起着关键作用. 抑制GH和IGF-I显示出预防视网膜病变的治疗潜力,视网膜病变是导致失明的主要原因.

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