Fig. 1.

NRK-52E cells were incubated in DMEM high media containing 4.5 g/L of glucose in the absence and presence of 100 μg/mL of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) for 24 h. NRK-52E cells viability (mean ± SEM, n = 4) was measured by using MTT assay and expressed as percent cell survival relative to bovine serum albumin control. BSA, bovine serum albumin; AGE-1, glucose-induced AGEs; AGE-2, glyceraldehyde-induced AGEs; AGE-3, glycolaldehyde-induced AGEs; AGE-4, methylglyoxal (MGO)-induced AGEs; and AGE-5, glyoxal-induced AGEs