Advanced glycosylation end products in diabetic renal and vascular disease
Bucala R, Vlassara H. Advanced glycosylation end products in diabetic renal and vascular disease. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 1995, 26: 875-888. PMID: 7503061, DOI: 10.1016/0272-6386(95)90051-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced glycosylation end productsGlycosylation end productsPhase II/III clinical trialsNormal renal functionInactivate nitric oxideSpecific therapeutic modalitiesRenal functionVascular complicationsDiabetic nephropathyGlomerular sclerosisGlucose-derived Amadori productsEtiologic roleVascular diseaseClinical trialsMatrix protein synthesisTherapeutic modalitiesVascular permeabilityAdvanced glycosylationLipoprotein depositionEnd productsTissue toxicityNitric oxidePharmacologic inhibitorsToxicityProtein synthesisFormation of Immunochemical Advanced Glycosylation End Products Precedes and Correlates With Early Manifestations of Renal and Retinal Disease in Diabetes
Beisswenger P, Makita Z, Curphey T, Moore L, Jean S, Brinck-Johnsen T, Bucala R, Vlassara H. Formation of Immunochemical Advanced Glycosylation End Products Precedes and Correlates With Early Manifestations of Renal and Retinal Disease in Diabetes. Diabetes 1995, 44: 824-829. PMID: 7789650, DOI: 10.2337/diab.44.7.824.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced glycosylation end productsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayAlbumin excretionDuration of diabetesElevated levelsNormal renal statusTissue advanced glycosylation end productsDiabetic vascular complicationsTissue AGE levelsGlycosylation end productsEvident retinopathyMicroalbuminuric phaseOvert microangiopathySevere retinopathyVascular complicationsDiabetic nephropathyRenal statusUrinary albuminProliferative retinopathyEarly retinopathyHigher age levelsSignificant elevationRetinopathyRetinal diseasesEarly manifestation