2023
Chocolate Touch Versus Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Lesions in Diabetes: The Chocolate Touch Study.
Böhme T, Zeller T, Shishehbor M, Werner M, Brodmann M, Parise H, Holden A, Lichtenberg M, Parikh S, Kashyap V, Pietras C, Tirziu D, Beschorner U, Krishnan P, Niazi K, Wali A, Lansky A. Chocolate Touch Versus Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Lesions in Diabetes: The Chocolate Touch Study. Journal Of Endovascular Therapy 2023, 15266028231179589. PMID: 37314243, DOI: 10.1177/15266028231179589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLutonix drug-coated balloonDrug-coated balloonsPrimary safety endpointDM statusFemoropopliteal diseaseDiabetes mellitusSafety endpointFemoropopliteal lesionsSimilar safetyHigh-risk patient populationFemoropopliteal artery lesionsIschemic rest painNon-DM patientsSymptomatic femoropopliteal lesionsPrimary efficacy endpointMajor adverse eventsTherapy of choiceDrug-Coated BalloonMajor amputationRest painEfficacy endpointPrimary patencyAdverse eventsArtery lesionsDiabetes status
1996
Increased macrophage uptake of irreversibly glycated albumin modified-low density lipoproteins of normal and diabetic subjects is mediated by non-saturable mechanisms
Dobrian A, Lazar V, Tirziu D, Simionescu M. Increased macrophage uptake of irreversibly glycated albumin modified-low density lipoproteins of normal and diabetic subjects is mediated by non-saturable mechanisms. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1996, 1317: 5-14. PMID: 8876621, DOI: 10.1016/0925-4439(96)00017-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAGE-AlbAdvanced glycosylation end productsDiabetic subjectsDensity lipoproteinAGE-albuminModified-low density lipoproteinsMacrophage uptakeOxidative-antioxidative balanceIndependent risk factorNon-saturable pathwayLow-density lipoproteinNon-saturable mechanismReceptor-mediated uptakeGlycosylation end productsLevel of glycationDiabetes mellitusDiabetic stateRisk factorsAtherosclerotic plaquesLipid peroxidesAcetylated LDLPeritoneal macrophagesReceptor pathwayLipoproteinDLDL