Antiviral medicines like acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir can shorten shingles and ease symptoms if taken within 72 hours of the rash
These findings are the basis for continued investigation of the pathway in metabolic models
For instance, a single-center study involving 200 type 2 diabetes patients, stratified by UACR categories (normal, micro-, and macroalbuminuria), found that the combined measurement of C16, C18:1, and C3 achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.89 for early DKD diagnosis, significantly outperforming UACR (AUC = 0.76) [147,148,149,150]
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