Loss of ALCAM/CD166 partially protects against diabetic nephropathy
R von Bauer, A Sulaj, S Kopf, E Gröne, HJ Gröne, S Hoffmann, E Schleicher, HU Häring, V Schwenger, S Herzig, PP Nawroth, T Fleming · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2015 · Heft 04
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Introduction/Background: Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM/CD166) has been shown to function as a pattern recognition receptor, analogue to the receptor of advanced glycation endproducts. In this study role of ALCAM in diabetic nephropathy was investigated in patients with type 2 diabetes, and further investigated in vitro and in vivo using homozygous knock-out mice for ALCAM (ALCAM-/-). Materials and methods: The serum concentration of soluble ALCAM (sALCAM), as well the expression of ALCAM and its major ligand, S100B in the kidney was determined in patients with type 2 diabetes. In vivo, diabet…