Diabetes Pathogenesis
Elevated expression of alpha-crystallins may instigate diabetic complications
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 19th, 2006
According to recent research published in the journal Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, "Alpha-Crystallin, a predominant protein of the ocular lens, is composed of two subunits, alphaA and alphaB. Of these, alphaB-crystallin has been shown to present widely in nonlenticular tissues while alphaA-crystallin is largely lens-specific. Although, expression of alphaB-crystallin is elevated under various stress and pathological conditions, yet its physiological significance remained unknown."
P.A. Kumar and colleagues at the India National Institute...
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