Is urine uric acid excretion associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with type 2 diabetes?
Increased UUAE levels were significantly associated with the presence of NAFLD and increase of ALT in T2DM. UUAE may be a clinically significant measure in assessing the risk of NAFLD in T2DM.
During ischemia/reperfusion injury in vitro, both amacrine and bipolar cells release glutamate. These results may be related to the patterns of apoptotic cell death seen in the inner retina.