ReviewInflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.]2018
Glycated albumin (GA) and inflammation: role of GA as a potential marker of inflammation.
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- Glycated albumin and composite glycemic-lipid indices: complementary tools for type 2 diabetes diagnosis.Journal of biomedical research · 2025Article
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- The combined predictive power of the atherogenic index of plasma and serum glycated albumin for cardiovascular events in postmenopausal patients with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- Association between glycated albumin and adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2024Article
- Glucose Transport and Utilization in the Hippocampus: From Neurophysiology to Diabetes-Related Development of Dementia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Exploring Albumin Functionality Assays: A Pilot Study on Sepsis Evaluation in Intensive Care Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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- Serum glycated albumin as a predictive biomarker for renal involvement of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in non-diabetic patients.BMC nephrology · 2022Article
- The Burden of Impaired Serum Albumin Antioxidant Properties and Glyco-Oxidation in Coronary Heart Disease Patients with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Elevated Glycated Albumin in Serum Is Associated with Adverse Cardiac Outcomes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Who Underwent Revascularization Therapy.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2022Article
- Serum Albumin in Health and Disease: Esterase, Antioxidant, Transporting and Signaling Properties.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Integrative Role of Albumin: Evolutionary, Biochemical and Pathophysiological Aspects.Journal of evolutionary biochemistry and physiology · 2021Article
- Albumin as a drug: its biological effects beyond volume expansion.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2020Review
- Review of methods for detecting glycemic disorders.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2020Review
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- In vitro antioxidant, anti-glycation and immunomodulation activities of fermented blue-green algae Aphanizomenon flos-aquae.Molecular biology reports · 2019Article
- The Neonatal Fc Receptor (FcRn): A Misnomer?Frontiers in immunology · 2019Review
- Postload Glycated Albumin as an Alternate Measure for Diabetes Screening in a Chinese Population.Journal of diabetes research · 2018Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
aimsAbnormal levels of glycated albumin (GA) are associated with the onset of both diabetes and inflammation. Although inflammation has long been associated with diabetes, this article aims to explore the underlying mechanisms of this relationship as it pertains to the role of GA.
methodsWe have reviewed 52 research articles since the year 2000. Common search terms used were "(inflammatory mediator) and GA" or "inflammation and GA". The findings have been organized according to diabetic complications with respect to the interactions of GA and inflammatory mediators. Glycated albumin and specific inflammatory mediators have been reported to play various roles in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, retinopathy, and nephropathy. In the case of nephropathy and recently retinopathy, there is considerable evidence for GA in concert with inflammation playing a direct role in organ pathology. There is copious literature detailing GA's involvement in stimulating inflammatory markers and certain pro-inflammatory cytokines. A recent clinical study has shown GA to be a marker for inflammation in non-diabetic rheumatoid arthritis patients with the significance of standard inflammatory markers.
conclusionsThe clinical utility of GA measurement may likely reside in its versatility as both a mediator of inflammation as well as a marker to track hyperglycemia and other diabetes complications. Further understanding of the role GA plays in glycemic and inflammatory diseases could lead to its acceptance as an independent bio-inflammatory marker.
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