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Diabetic Wound Healing in the GLP-1 Era: What Systemic Metabolic Control Does Not Solve

The GLP-1 receptor agonists have changed the trajectory of type 2 diabetes care, and the evidence now suggests their reach extends to the diabetic...

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Preclinical Models of Diabetic Neuropathy: STZ, High Fat Diet, and the ZDF Rat

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy affects nearly half of people living with diabetes, and it remains one of the harder complications to treat. The...

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Type 2 Diabetic Neuropathy in the GLP-1 Era

GLP-1 receptor agonists have substantially reshaped the therapeutic landscape for type 2 diabetes and obesity, and the indications now being pursued...

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Modeling diabetic neuropathy with mechanistic and translational considerations

Diabetic neuropathy affects nearly half of individuals living with diabetes, yet its underlying biological drivers remain only partially defined....

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