Glycation and fluorescence at 440 nm (excitation at 370 nm) were found to be increased in immunoglobulin G (IgG) from diabetics, strongly indicating the presence of IgG-linked advanced glycosylation end products. In contrast, levels of IgG-linked advanced glycosylation end products were low or undetectable in both normal and diabetic subjects when an advanced glycosylation end products specific...

Background & Aims: Today, diabetic nephropathy is considered to be one of the most common causes of end stage renal disease. Uncontrolled hyperglycemia, and consequently, production of advanced glycation end products activate pathways which play key roles in diabetic nephropathy. Among these pathways, high expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and transforming growth...

PURPOSE Corneal complications are often associated with diabetes mellitus and can be vision threatening. Corneas in diabetic patients are exposed to increased glucose concentration despite cornea's avascular property, and this condition may contribute to the accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). The focus of this study was to examine the role of AGEs in the pathogenesis of dia...

Chronic hyperglycemia and oxidative stress in diabetes results in the formation and accumulation advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs have a wide range of chemical, cellular, and tissue effects that contribute to the development of microvascular complications. In particular, AGEs appear to have a key role in the diabetic nephropathy. Their importance as downstream mediators of tissue in...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the localization of N epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML), a component and major immunologic epitope of advanced glycation end products, in aged eyes and choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) surgically excised from eyes with age-related macular degeneration. METHODS Immunohistochemistry for CML was performed using 8 snap-frozen, surgically excised CNVMs. Twelve eye...

It is becoming abundantly clear that the insight into the pathological process of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) provided through autosomal dominant variants of the condition is only a partial one. The formation and aggregation of Aβ and the phosphorylation and aggregation of tau are clearly part of the core pathogenesis. However, although these may be necessary processes, and indeed in familial form...