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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Protective Actions of Anserine Under Diabetic Conditions.

Verena Peters, Vittorio Calabrese, Elisabete Forsberg, Nadine Volk, Thomas Fleming, Hans Baelde, Tim Weigand, Christian Thiel, Angela Trovato, Maria Scuto and 2 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Histidine-Containing Dipeptides in Obesity and Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Scoping Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  14. Serum metabolomic profiles in BALB/c mice induced byFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  15. Anserine and Carnosine Induce HSP70-Dependent HAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  20. A Novel UPLC-MS/MS Method Identifies Organ-Specific Dipeptide Profiles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Verena PetersCentre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Verena.Peters@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Vittorio CalabreseDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy. calabres@unict.it.
Elisabete ForsbergDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. elisabete.forsberg@su.se.
Nadine VolkDepartment of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Nadine.Volk@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Thomas FlemingDepartment of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. thomas.fleming@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Hans BaeldeDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC L1Q Leiden, The Netherlands. J.J.Baelde@lumc.nl.
Tim WeigandCentre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. tim.weigand@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Christian ThielCentre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. christian.thiel@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Angela TrovatoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy. trovato@unict.it.
Maria ScutoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy. scuto@unict.it.
Sergio ModafferiCentre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. sergio.modafferi@gmail.com.
Claus Peter SchmittCentre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. clauspeter.schmitt@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversity of Catania · ITLeiden University Medical Center · NLStockholm University · SE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB1118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsIn rodents, carnosine treatment improves diabetic nephropathy, whereas little is known about the role and function of anserine, the methylated form of carnosine.

methodsAntioxidant activity was measured by oxygen radical absorbance capacity and oxygen stress response in human renal tubular cells (HK-2) by RT-PCR and Western-Immunoblotting. In wildtype (WT) and diabetic mice (db/db), the effect of short-term anserine treatment on blood glucose, proteinuria and vascular permeability was measured.

resultsAnserine has a higher antioxidant capacity compared to carnosine (

conclusionAnserine is a potent antioxidant and activates the intracellular Hsp70/HO-1 defense system under oxidative and glycative stress. Short-term anserine treatment in diabetic mice improves glucose homeostasis and nephropathy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnserineAntioxidantsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NephropathiesHydrogen PeroxideKidney TubulesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProteinuriaAnserineAntioxidantsHydrogen Peroxideanserinecarnosinediabetesdiabetic nephropathyHsp70proteinuriavascular permeability

Identifiers

PMID30217069
PMCPMC6164239
OpenAlexW2889830390

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