Abstract
High-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) protein is a nuclear DNA-binding protein released from necrotic cells, inducing inflammatory responses and promoting tissue repair and angiogenesis. Diabetic human and mouse tissues contain lower levels of HMGB1 than their normoglycemic counterparts. Deficient angiogenesis after ischemia contributes to worse outcomes of peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes. To test the hypothesis that HMGB1 enhances ischemia-induced angiogenesis in diabetes, we administered HMGB1 protein in a mouse hind limb ischemia model using diabetic mice.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1496-1505 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Diabetes |
Volume | 59 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Blood Flow Velocity
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
- HMGB1 Protein
- Hindlimb
- Humans
- Ischemia
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Neovascularization, Physiologic
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A