The asociation of diabetic nephropathy, progression and mortality to functional pentose cycle deficiency as a result of abnormal metabolism od thiamine in DM

• Authors: KRUSOVÁ Darja; PÁCAL Lukáš; KAŇKOVÁ Kateřina; TOMANDL Josef; TANHÄUSEROVÁ Veronika; OLŠOVSKÝ Jindřich
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Conference abstract
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Description: The results support the role of functional thiamine deficiency in the development of hyperglycaemia- related pathology. Limited intracellular availability of active TKT co-factor seems to be a dominant abnormality.

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