Mitochondrial dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy

Toke Bek, Chair, Mitochondrion, Available online 22 July 2016, ISSN 1567-7249, doi:10.1016/j.mito.2016.07.011

Friedreich's spinal ataxia, Diabetes mellitus in this condition is due to a loss of pancreatic beta cell function secondary to the mitochondrial dysfunction (Kersten et al 2014). One patient followed in the author's clinic had no registered diabetic retinopathy after five years of diabetes duration but had no light perception because of the neurological deficits of the disease.