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. 2023 Jan 9;13:1096741. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1096741

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Mechanism of chronic hyperglycemia leading to ED. Elevated blood glucose leads to elevated AGEs, and their elevation leads to damage to cavernous smooth muscle cells affecting the diastolic function of this smooth muscle, which in turn leads to ED.