Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common complications resulting from uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM). DR is the leading cause of blindness and low vision. DR is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage, so despite the individual treatment, it is only possible to slow down the progression of DR. Therefore, new potential biomarkers are needed for an earlier DR prognosis to prevent the development of DR. According to the latest studies, ubiquitin-proteas...