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. 2023 Dec 2;28(1):2272386. doi: 10.1080/13510002.2023.2272386

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Diabetes metabolic dysfunction caused by hyperglycemia. The primary pathways contributing to the pathogenesis of retinopathy by promoting oxidative stress and generating ROS include the polyol pathway, hexosamine biosynthesis pathway, formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), and activation of protein kinase C (PKC).