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. 2021 Jun 26;20(2):2049–2053. doi: 10.1007/s40200-021-00826-y

Table 1.

Relationship between diabetes and destruction of glycocalyx

Sr. No Author/year Journal Database Study type Conclusion
1 Wang/ 2020 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)—Molecular Basis of Disease Science Direct Experimental Loss of podocytes → glomerular volume expansion → severe albuminuria
2 Desideri/ 2019 Biorheology Pubmed Review VEGF → albuminuria / albuminuria → eGlx damage
3 Korakas/ 2019 Current Vascular Pharmacology Pubmed Review Diabetes → oxidative stress → albuminuria → destruction of the glycocalyx layer
4 Petrica/ 2017 Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome Pubmed Cross-Sectional Podocytes levels → proteins in urine → severity of diabetic nephropathy
5 Boels/ 2017 The American Journal of Pathology Science Direct/ Pubmed Experimental expression of heparanase enzyme → degradation and repair of glycocalyx
6 Najafi/ 2017 Nephrology Pubmed Experimental Diabetes → oxidative stress → increasing ICAM-1 & TNF-α / TNF-α → increasing glomerular permeability to albumin
7 Winther/ 2017 Artery Research Science Direct Cross-Sectional Higher PBR → Smaller glycocalyx width / Higher albuminuria → Higher PBR → impaired glycocalyx
8 Allison/ 2016 American Diabetes Association Pubmed Experimental regulation of heparanase enzyme → reduced progressive albuminuria

An overview of the relationship between the points extracted and other articles: Diabetes causes super-structural changes in the kidney nephrons at the glomerular level through oxidative stress and causes changes in eGlx