Results: Diabetic control rats had markedly increased retinal vascular leakage of radiolabeledsucrose compared with nondiabetic control rats.
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Retinal vascular permeability was assessed by measuring radiolabeledsucrose leakage into the retina and by Western blot analysis for total retinal albumin.
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Diabetic rats receiving oral genistein had significantly less retinal vascular leakage of radiolabeledsucrose than diabetic control rats in a dose-response fashion.