Condition: Oral Uremic Toxin Absorbent · Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by insufficient insulin secretion or insulin resistance, leading to hyperglycemia. Chronic inflammation and immune system dysfunction are characteristic of DM and can produce a plethora of cytokines and chemokines, thereby contributing to diabetic complications such as cardiovascular events and diabetic vasculopathy in DM. Besides, about 25% of people with diabetes eventually develop diabetic kidney disease (DKD). DKD is a consequence of DM with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which may abruptly increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its mortality rate compared with diabetes alone. Therefore, the modulation of the systemic inflammation may have the opportunity to improve both hyperglycemia and diabetic complications including vasculopathy and DKD. Activated charcoal has been used clinically as a toxin absorbent. Some recent preclinical and clinical observations found the potential benefits and diverse effects of activated charcoal on inflammatory proteins, suggesting its potential immune modulation effects in CKD and related diseases. The current project is then designed to test the hypothesis that oral activated charcoal may be used as an anti-inflammatory strategy for diabetic complications especially DKD. We have recently demonstrated the renal protective effects of a new oral form of non-absorbable activated bamboo charcoal (ABC) in an animal model. With OMICs studies, a growing preclinical and clin…
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chauchung wu, PhD · 886-2-23123456 · chauchungwu@ntu.edu.tw
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