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SUBMITTER: Hanford LE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1868562 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hanford Lana E LE Enghild Jan J JJ Valnickova Zuzana Z Petersen Steen V SV Schaefer Lisa M LM Schaefer Todd M TM Reinhart Todd A TA Oury Tim D TD
The Journal of biological chemistry 20040920 48
The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell surface proteins that has been implicated as a progression factor in a number of pathologic conditions from chronic inflammation to cancer to Alzheimer's disease. In such conditions, RAGE acts to facilitate pathogenic processes. Its secreted isoform, soluble RAGE or sRAGE, has the ability to prevent RAGE signaling by acting as a decoy. sRAGE has been used successfully in animal models of ...[more]