Corneal alteration and pathogenesis in diabetes mellitus
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Bai-Hua Chen. Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China. chenbaihua2017@csu.edu.cn

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81371054; No.81600714).

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    The incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications have increased considerably worldwide. Diabetic keratopathy is the major complication of the cornea characterized by delayed corneal wound healing, decreasing corneal epithelial sensitivity, and recurrent corneal ulcers. There is accumulating evidence that diabetic keratopathy is correlated with the hyperglycemic state. Different corneal components may produce different alterations under hyperglycemia. In addition, diabetic nerve alteration may become a novel biomarker of early-stage DM. Abnormalities of the corneal nerve plexus have been associated with diabetic inflammatory states. There is rapidly growing evidence based on investigations of diabetic corneal nerves through in vivo confocal microscopy. Understanding the molecular pathogenesis caused by hyperglycemia may assist in the identification of novel biomarkers, as well as therapeutic targets for early treatment. This review mainly summarizes recent findings on corneal alteration and pathogenesis in DM.

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Zhao H, He Y, Ren YR, Chen BH. Corneal alteration and pathogenesis in diabetes mellitus. Int J Ophthalmol 2019; 12(12):1939-1950

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  • Received:May 28,2019
  • Revised:August 12,2019
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  • Online: November 06,2019
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