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. 2016 May 18;6:26059. doi: 10.1038/srep26059

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(A,B) Western blots show that in cultured human RPE cells and HRECs, high glucose led to Akt activation six hours after treatment. Western blots also show that VEGF-B knockdown by siRNA abolished the high-glucose-induced Akt activation in RPE and HRECs. The cropped images of the blots are presented here and the full-images of the blots are included in the supplementary information.