Pathogenesis of Microvascular Complications

Ferdinando Giacco, Michael Brownlee

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10 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTextbook of Diabetes
Subtitle of host publicationFourth Edition
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages553-574
Number of pages22
ISBN (Print)9781405191814
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 9 2010

Keywords

  • A single process underlying different hyperglycemia-induced pathogenic mechanisms: mitochondrial superoxide production
  • Determinants of individual susceptibility to hyperglycemia-induced damage
  • Hyperglycemia-induced mitochondrial superoxide production activates the five damaging pathways by inhibiting GAPDH
  • Hyperglycemia-induced mitochondrial superoxide production inhibits GAPDH by activating poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase
  • Mechanisms of hyperglycemia-induced damage
  • Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)
  • Potential mechanism-based therapeutic agents for diabetic complications
  • Receptor-mediated biologic effects of AGEs
  • Role of hyperglycemia in microvascular complications
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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