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Associations of dicarbonyl stress with complement activation: the CODAM study.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2020
Xin Ying, Hertle Elisabeth, van der Kallen Carla J H, Schalkwijk Casper G, Stehouwer Coen D A, van Greevenbroek Marleen M J
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Reactive α-dicarbonyl compounds are major precursors of AGEs and may lead to glycation of circulating and/or cell-associated complement regulators. Glycation of complement regulatory proteins can influence their capacity to inhibit complement activation. We investigated, in a human cohort, whether greater dicarbonyl stress was associated with more complement activation. METHODS: Circulating...
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