Update on the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy

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Irina G. Obrosova
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[1] University of Michigan, Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0678
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Diabetic Neuropathy; Aldose Reductase; Peripheral Diabetic Neuropathy; Aldose Reductase Inhibitor; Nerve Blood Flow;
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10.1007/s11892-003-0005-1
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Peripheral diabetic neuropathy (PDN) affects up to 60% to 70% of diabetic patients, and is the leading cause of foot amputation. The pathogenesis of PDN involves multiple mechanisms. The findings obtained in 1999 to 2003 support the role of previously established mechanisms such as increased aldose reductase activity, nonenzymatic glycation or glyco-oxidation, activation of protein kinase C, enhanced oxidative stress, impaired neurotrophic support, and reveal the importance of new downstream effectors of oxidative injury. Those include mitogen-activated protein kinases and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase that are activated by diabetes, and contribute to such neuropathic changes as motor and sensory nerve conduction deficits, decreased nerve blood flow, and energy failure. Further studies are needed to understand the role of other signaling pathways as well as interactions among previously discovered mechanisms in the pathogenesis of PDN. Copyright © 2003 by Current Science Inc.
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