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
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