In the past years, the management of diabetic retinopathy (DR) relied primarily on a good
systemic control of diabetes mellitus, and as soon as the severity of the vascular lesions …

One of the major complications in patients with diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR), a
leading cause of blindness worldwide. It takes several years before any clinical signs of …

One of the major complications in patients with diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR), a
leading cause of blindness worldwide. It causes visual impairment and finally blindness, a …

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common cause of blindness. Although many studies have
indicated an association between homocysteine and DR, the results so far have been …

Abstract Aims/Introduction Homocysteine levels during pregnancy in women with gestational
diabetes mellitus (GDM) have been studied; however, it remains unclear whether …

Diabetic retinopathy is widely considered to be a neurovascular disease. This is in contrast
to its previous identity as solely a vascular disease. Early in the disease progression of …

Purpose.: Pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome/glaucoma is a complex, late-onset disorder of
the elastic fiber system. Strong genetic risk is conferred by the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) …

Elastin is a crucial extracellular matrix protein that provides structural integrity to tissues.
Crosslinked elastin and associated microfibrils, named elastic fiber, contribute to …

Background Previous studies have demonstrated that elevated homocysteine (Hcy) level
represents an independent risk factor for macrovascular disease. However, the relationship …

Lysyl oxidases (LOX and LOX-likes (LOXLs) isoenzymes) belong to a family of copper-
dependent enzymes classically involved in the covalent cross-linking of collagen and …