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Oxytocin Mitigates VEGF Expression in Differentiated RPE cells - A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Diabetic Retinopathy. 催产素降低分化的RPE细胞中VEGF的表达-一种治疗糖尿病视网膜病变的新方法。

Biomedical & translational science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-08

Daira Yepez, Cristian Mercado, Gabriel Ordonez, Laura Valdez, Khalid Benamar, Andrew Tsin

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