These data suggest that inhibition of RAGE may interfere with monocyte chemotaxis and attraction into the vessel wall where AGEs deposit/form, suggesting the potential of this intervention to interfere with a critical step in the development of vascular disease, especially in patients with diabetes.
The minor allele of a polymorphism located in the promoter region of the RAGE gene (C-1152A) conferred a weak protective effect (P < 0.05) and was associated with a longer duration of nephropathy-free diabetes (P = 0.08).
Characterization of allelic and nucleotide variation between the RAGE gene on chromosome 6 and a homologous pseudogene sequence to its 5' regulatory region on chromosome 3: implications for polymorphic studies in diabetes.
We propose that therapeutic RAGE blockade will intercept maladaptive diabetes-associated memory in the vessel wall and provide cardiovascular protection in diabetes.
We found an association of specific AGER promoter gene haplotypes with reduced risk of incident myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke that was independent of the presence of diabetes.
These results demonstrated that PEDF could inhibit diabetes- or AGE-induced RAGE gene expression by blocking the superoxide-mediated NF-kappaB activation.
Polymorphisms of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) gene have been associated with diabetes, coronary artery disease (CAD) and inflammatory processes.
In total, nine SNPs of RAGE were analyzed in individuals with and without type 2 diabetes in CODAM: a cohort study of diabetes and atherosclerosis, Maastricht.
The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is a multifunctional receptor with multiple ligands that is known to play a key role in several diseases, including diabetes, arthritis, and Alzheimer's disease.
Strategies to reduce the ligation of AGEs to their receptors such as agents which reduce AGE accumulation, soluble RAGE which acts as a competitive antagonist to the binding of AGEs to RAGE and genetic deletions of RAGE appear to attenuate diabetes associated atherosclerosis.
Pharmacological blockade of RAGE or genetic deletion of RAGE imparts significant protection in murine models of diabetes, inflammatory conditions, Alzheimer's disease, and tumors.
RAGE engagement produces activation of multiple intracellular signaling mechanisms involved in several inflammation-associated clinical entities, such as diabetes, cancer, renal and heart failures, as well as neurodegenerative diseases.
Neutrophils from people with poorly controlled diabetes and in vitro incubation of neutrophils with high glucose and the receptor for advanced glycation end products ligand S100B greatly enhanced superoxide generation compared with controls, and this was significantly inhibited by BEL.
The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGEs) and its gene polymorphisms are implicated in the pathogenesis of different chronic diseases including diabetes and its complications.
The present study aimed to examine the relationship between RAGE expression in peripheral blood monocytes and circulating sRAGE and esRAGE (endogenous sRAGE, a splice variant of sRAGE) in Type 2 diabetes.
Declining circulating levels of soluble RAGE, before the development of overt diabetes, may also be predictive of clinical disease in children with high to medium risk HLA II backgrounds and this possibility warrants further investigation in a larger cohort.
However, the frequency of RAGE-374T/PPAR12Ala haplotype was found to be higher in both the patient group (p=0.024) and in patients without diabetes (p=0.037).
The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) contributes to multiple pathologies, including diabetes, arthritis, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer.
Co-immunoprecipitation studies showed that diabetes increased the interaction between CXCL12 and CXCR4 and between HMGB1 and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), but not between HMGB1 and the CXCL12/CXCR4 chemokine axis.
There is a clear association between RAGE activity in the airways of CF and CFRD patients that is not evident in the vascular compartment and correlates with lung function, in contrast to diabetes.