Relationship between erythrocyte GLUT1 function and membrane glycation in type 2 diabetes.

This paper investigates the effect of glycation on glucose transport in erythrocytes. Glucose transporter function, numbers and erythrocyte phosphorylation rates are simultaneously studied using 30 Caucasian patients with diabetes and 30 Caucasian control volunteers (mean +/- SD where P < or = 0.05; age 48 +/- 8 vs.

Relationship of glycation, antioxidant status and oxidative stress to vascular endothelial damage in diabetes.

Aims: To examine the inter-relationships of various microvascular pathogenic mechanisms in diabetic patients.

Methods: Patients with diabetes (n = 18) and non-diabetic subjects (n = 18) were studied.

Results: Blood markers of glycaemic control and glycation differed between the two groups (glucose 10.