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
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