2001
Lysozyme Enhances Renal Excretion of Advanced Glycation Endproducts In Vivo and Suppresses Adverse AGE-mediated Cellular Effects In Vitro: A Potential AGE Sequestration Therapy for Diabetic Nephropathy?
Zheng F, Cai W, Mitsuhashi T, Vlassara H, Bucala R. Lysozyme Enhances Renal Excretion of Advanced Glycation Endproducts In Vivo and Suppresses Adverse AGE-mediated Cellular Effects In Vitro: A Potential AGE Sequestration Therapy for Diabetic Nephropathy? Molecular Medicine 2001, 7: 737-747. PMID: 11788787, PMCID: PMC1950004, DOI: 10.1007/bf03401963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced glycation endproductsSerum advanced glycation endproductsDb/db miceNon-obese diabeticSerum AGEsMesangial cellsDb miceAGE-BSAGlycation endproductsIGF-I productionDiabetic renal damageSprague-Dawley ratsAGE clearanceSuppress macrophagesNOD miceDiabetic nephropathyRenal damageRenal excretionNormal ratsMMP-9Type IV collagenHost defense proteinsExcretionMRNA levelsMice
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
1996
Effects of aminoguanidine in preventing experimental diabetic nephropathy are related to the duration of treatment
Soulis T, Cooper M, Vranes D, Bucala R, Jerums G. Effects of aminoguanidine in preventing experimental diabetic nephropathy are related to the duration of treatment. Kidney International 1996, 50: 627-634. PMID: 8840295, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal advanced glycation end productsAdvanced glycation end productsExperimental diabetic nephropathyDiabetic nephropathyEffect of aminoguanidineDiabetic ratsAminoguanidine treatmentMesangial expansionStudy periodAccumulation of AGEsUrinary albumin excretionTiming of therapyDevelopment of albuminuriaWeeks of treatmentDuration of treatmentGlycation end productsTiming of treatmentPresence of aminoguanidineAminoguanidine administrationAminoguanidine therapyAlbumin excretionRenoprotective effectsTissue fluorescenceExperimental diabetesLate administration
1995
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 manifestationImmunohistochemical 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