Piper betle Linn. is a Pan-Asiatic plant having several beneficial properties. Protein glycation and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) formation are associated with different pathophysiological conditions, including diabetes mellitus. Our study aims to find the effect of methanolic extract of P. betle leaves on in vitro protein glycation in bovine serum albumin (BSA)-glucose model. The ext...

INTRODUCTION Non-enzymatic glycation of proteins has been implicated in various diabetic complications and age-related disorders. Proteins undergo glycation at the N-terminus or at the epsilon-amino group of lysine residues. The observation that only a fraction of all lysine residues undergo glycation indicates the role of the immediate chemical environment in the glycation reaction. Here we ha...

Introduction: Non-enzymatic glycation of proteins has been implicated in various diabetic complications and age-related disorders. Proteins undergo glycation at the N-terminus or at the O-amino group of lysine residues. The observation that only a fraction of all lysine residues undergo glycation indicates the role of the immediate chemical environment in the glycation reaction. Here we have co...

Traditionally, fluctuations in firms’ stocks have played a key role in shaping the business cycle in industrialised economies. While changes in stocks – that is, inventory investment – account for only a very small part of the level of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) they play an important part in explaining changes in the level of GDP. In Australia, over the past thirty years, quarterly changes i...

Four major components influence the growth of the gross domestic product in Chinese provinces: consumption, investment, transnational exports, and inter-provincial exports. By splitting a competitive input-output table into a non-competitive input-output table, this study used an input-output model to measure the contributions of the four components of gross domestic product in various regions ...

High glucose concentrations can decrease degradation of mesangium by reducing the activities of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of glycation of mesangium matrix on MMP-2, the principal MMP secreted by mesangial cells to degrade type IV collagen. Also examined were membrane type 1 MMP (MT1-MMP), tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMP)-1 and -2, and...

Glycation and its products cause a host of pathological conditions but their exact roles are yet to be determined. Pyrraline, a key product of glycation, and a novel pyrraline-derived cross-link have been incorporated into collagenous peptides via Maillard condensations performed on resin-bound peptide sequences.

RATIONALE The receptor for advanced glycation end products is a multiligand receptor that plays an important role in regulating the invasiveness and metastatic potential of cancer cells. A recently discovered novel splice variant, the endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end products, mediates the receptor for advanced glycation end-product-associated cell responses by functioni...

Objective(s): This study aims to investigate the pathogenicity and possible mechanisms of S100A9 function in mice models of scleroderma. Materials and Methods: The content of S100A9 in the skin tissues of mice with scleroderma was determined. Different concentrations of bleomycin (BLM) and S100A9 were subcutaneously injected into the backs of mice simultaneously, and then pathological changes i...