title: Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products: a new biomarker in diagnosis and prognosis of chronic inflammatory diseases.
abstract: The formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is a result of the non-enzymatic reaction between sugars and free amino groups of proteins. AGEs, through interacting with their specific receptor for AGEs (RAGE), result in activation of pro-inflammatory states and are involved in numerous pathologic situations. The soluble form of RAGE (sRAGE) is able to act as a decoy to avoid interaction of RAGE with its pro-inflammatory ligands (AGEs, HMGB1, S100 proteins). sRAGE levels have been found to be decreased in chronic inflammatory diseases including atherosclerosis, diabetes, renal failure and the aging process. The use of measuring circulating sRAGEs may prove to be a valuable vascular biomarker and in this review, we describe the implications of sRAGE in inflammation and propose that this molecule may represent a future therapeutic target in chronic inflammatory diseases.
authors: Department of Vascular Aging Biology, Claude Huriez Hospital, University Hospital of Lille, 1 place de Verdun, 59037 Lille cedex, France. helene.maillard@chru-lille.fr
authors: Hélène
authors: H
authors: Maillard-Lefebvre
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Boulanger
authors: Maïté
authors: M
authors: Daroux
authors: Cédric
authors: C
authors: Gaxatte
authors: Barry I
authors: BI
authors: Hudson
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Lambert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis; D051379:Mice; D011379:Prognosis; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic