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. 2012 Jul 5;50(2):101–110. doi: 10.1007/s00592-012-0412-3

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Behaviour of serum level of AGEs, sRAGE, and esRAGE in atherosclerotic process occurring in type 2 diabetes: a working hypothesis. AGE, soluble RAGE in a dynamic role, switching from higher levels in the early stages of inflammation and atherosclerosis to a gradual mild decline in the advanced stage of atherosclerosis, before increasing again in the acute phase of tissue damage(clinical events) and consequent inflammation