Metabolic Dysregulation and Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Retinopathy: Glycogen Metabolism, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Antioxidant Defences
It is proposed that dysregulated glycogen metabolism and impaired antioxidant capacity form an integrated metabolic–redox network that helps explain cell-specific vulnerability and metabolic memory in DR and may support earlier, disease-modifying strategies beyond treatment of advanced vascular complications.