1997
Orally absorbed reactive glycation products (glycotoxins): An environmental risk factor in diabetic nephropathy
Koschinsky T, He C, Mitsuhashi T, Bucala R, Liu C, Buenting C, Heitmann K, Vlassara H. Orally absorbed reactive glycation products (glycotoxins): An environmental risk factor in diabetic nephropathy. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 6474-6479. PMID: 9177242, PMCID: PMC21074, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.12.6474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced glycation endproductsDietary advanced glycation endproductsEndogenous advanced glycation endproductsDiabetes mellitusKidney diseaseRenal excretionRenal vascular injuryDiabetic nephropathy patientsSerum AGE levelsDegree of albuminuriaNondiabetic kidney diseaseEnvironmental risk factorsAGE immunoreactivityRenal complicationsCreatinine clearanceDiabetic nephropathyNephropathy patientsRenal failureDiabetic patientsRisk factorsFood intakeHealthy subjectsGlycation endproductsDietary restrictionCL diet
1995
Immunohistochemical detection of advanced glycosylation end products within the vascular lesions and glomeruli in diabetic nephropathy
Nishino T, Horii Y, Shiiki H, Yamamoto H, Makita Z, Bucala R, Dohi K. Immunohistochemical detection of advanced glycosylation end products within the vascular lesions and glomeruli in diabetic nephropathy. Human Pathology 1995, 26: 308-313. PMID: 7890283, DOI: 10.1016/0046-8177(95)90063-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced glycosylation end productsGlycosylation end productsSevere diffuse lesionsAnti-AGE antibodyComplications of diabetesInner elastic layerRenal complicationsDiabetic nephropathyAGE antibodyDiffuse lesionsNondiabetic individualsVascular lesionsPathogenic roleAGE accumulationHyaline depositsImmunohistochemical stainingPositive stainingImmunohistochemical detectionAdvanced glycosylationVascular intimaNormal agingSpecific antibodiesTissue distributionEnd productsAntibodies