Review Article

Regulation of RAGE for Attenuating Progression of Diabetic Vascular Complications

Table 1

RAGE and its ligand axis in diabetic angiopathy using RAGE gene-manipulated animal models.

Animal modelsPhenotypesReferences

Diabetic nephropathy
RAGE transgenic miceNephropathy [48, 50]
(Type 1 diabetes)
 + AGE inhibitorNephropathy
RAGE knockout miceNephropathy [51, 93]
(Type 1 diabetes)
 + LMWH treatmentNephropathy
RAGE knockout miceNephropathy [53]
(Type 1 diabetes, OVE26)
db/db mice + sRAGENephropathy [52]
RAGE knockout miceNephropathy
(STZ-diabetes)

Diabetic retinopathy
RAGE transgenic miceRetinopathy [60]
(STZ-diabetes)
 + sRAGE treatmentRetinopathy
RAGE transgenic miceRetinopathy [80]
(Type 1 diabetes)

Diabetic neuropathy
RAGE knockout miceNeuropathy [63]
(STZ diabetes)
 + sRAGE treatmentNeuropathy
RAGE knockout miceNeuropathy [64]
(STZ diabetes)