Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2053343 | FEBS Letters | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Advanced glycation end product (AGE)-their receptor (RAGE) and angiotensin II (AII) are implicated in diabetic retinopathy. However, a crosstalk between the two is not fully understood. In vivo, AGE injection stimulated RAGE expression in the eye of spontaneously hypertensive rats, which was blocked by an AII-type 1 receptor blocker, telmisartan. In vitro, AII-type 1 receptor-mediated reactive oxygen species generation elicited RAGE gene expression in pericytes through NF-κB activation. Further, AII augmented AGE-induced pericyte apoptosis, the earliest hallmark of diabetic retinopathy. Our present study may implicate a crosstalk between AGE-RAGE system and AII in diabetic retinopathy.
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Authors
Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Masayoshi Takeuchi, Takanori Matsui, Kazuo Nakamura, Tsutomu Imaizumi, Hiroyoshi Inoue,