VEGF-B promotes recovery of corneal innervations and trophic functions in diabetic mice.

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Published in Sci Rep on January 16, 2017

Authors

Guohu Di1, Xiaowen Zhao1, Xia Qi1, Songmei Zhang1, Lu Feng1, Weiyun Shi1, Qingjun Zhou1

Author Affiliations

1: State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China.

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