Diabetic Nephropathy
Aldose reductase inhibitor slows progress of diabetic nephropathy
Published in Diabetes Week, August 30th, 2004
"An accelerated polyol pathway in diabetes contributes to the development of diabetic complications. To elucidate diabetic nephropathy involving also renal tubular damage, we measured urinary sorbitol concentration concomitantly with urinary N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) excretion in WBN-kob diabetic rats.
Twenty-four-hour urinary sorbitol concentrations increased in the diabetic rats in parallel with whole blood sorbitol concentrations," scientists in Japan report.
"An increase in 24-hour urinary NAG excretion coincided with the elevated...
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