Endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation in type 2 diabetes: interaction of AGE/RAGE and TNF-alpha signaling

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
• Cardiovascular Agents / therapeutic use
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / metabolism
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / physiopathology*
• Diabetic Angiopathies / drug therapy
• Diabetic Angiopathies / metabolism
• Diabetic Angiopathies / physiopathology*
• Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects
• Endothelium, Vascular / metabolism
• Endothelium, Vascular / physiopathology*
• Glycation End Products, Advanced / metabolism*
• Humans
• Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
• Inflammation / drug therapy
• Inflammation / metabolism
• Inflammation / physiopathology*
• Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products
• Receptors, Immunologic / metabolism*
• Signal Transduction*
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism*