Personalized assessment of oxidative cellular damages associated with diabetes using erythrocytes adhesion assay

Increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is recognized as a prominent feature of vascular dysfunction with diabetes. For self-monitoring of the risk of diabetic complications, we proposed a simple adhesion test of erythrocytes using positively charged surfaces and its adhesion property was found to correlate HbA(1c) level in diabetic patients. (C) 2011, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.