Glycated albumin as a marker of glycemia in diabetes and its vascular complications

Journal Title: Advances in Hygiene and Experimental Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 69, Issue 0

Abstract

Effective glycemic control is very important to prevent the onset and the progression of chronic complications in diabetic patients. It is known that glycation of various proteins is increased in diabetic patients compared with non-diabetics. Among these glycated proteins, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is commonly used as a gold standard index of glycemic control in the clinical setting. However, it can be unreliable in conditions affecting the lifespan of erythrocytes (120 days) as well as in the clinical state in which glycemic control alleviates or deteriorates in a short period. By overcoming the shortcomings of HbA1c, glycated albumin (GA) has gained interest as a useful index for an intermediate glycation period (2 weeks) and pathogenic protein.After giving a brief overview of the key role of HbA1c as a long-term glycemic marker, this review focuses on (a) glycation of human albumin and its main properties, (b) methods of GA determination, (c) the recent clinical status of GA as a glycemic index in diabetic patients and its association with vascular complications. Finally, conditions with a possible inaccurate GA level are also mentioned.

Authors and Affiliations

Maria Warwas, Ewa Żurawska-Płaksej, Dagmara Ciężka, Agnieszka Piwowar

Keywords

Related Articles

Nowe biomarkery w prognozowaniu przebiegu szpiczaka plazmocytowego

Szpiczak plazmocytowy jest złośliwą chorobą nowotworową charakteryzującą się niekontrolowaną proliferacją i akumulacją plazmocytów w szpiku kostnym, której zazwyczaj towarzyszy wydzielanie nieprawidłowego białka monoklon...

Kliniczne znaczenie receptora chemokinowego CXCR4

Czynnik pochodzenia stromalnego 1 (stromal cell-derived factor-1 – SDF-1/CXCL12) uruchamia szlaki przekazywania sygnału kluczowe dla mobilizacji, migracji, proliferacji oraz przeżycia wielu typów komórek, ekspresjonujący...

Pierwiastki śladowe jako aktywatory enzymów antyoksydacyjnych

Stres oksydacyjny jest stanem zaburzonej równowagi między tworzeniem wolnych rodników, a zdolnościami przeciwutleniającymi organizmu. Powoduje liczne uszkodzenia w organizmie, m.in. peroksydację lipidów, uszkodzenia DNA...

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors in hematological malignancies

Recently novel treatment modalities has focused on targeted therapies. Tyrosine kinases represent a good target for cancer treatment since they are involved in transferring phosphate groups from ATP to tyrosine residues...

Prothymosin-alpha and Ki-67 expression in pituitary adenomas

Introduction: Prothymosin alpha (PTMA), a nuclear oncoprotein involved in cell cycle regulation, is used as a prognostic marker in many cancers. The histopathology of pituitary carcinomas and locally invasive adenomas is...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP67698
  • DOI -
  • Views 143
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Maria Warwas, Ewa Żurawska-Płaksej, Dagmara Ciężka, Agnieszka Piwowar (2015). Glycated albumin as a marker of glycemia in diabetes and its vascular complications. Advances in Hygiene and Experimental Medicine, 69(0), 638-648. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-67698