Formation 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