Functional food to help reduce the risk of diabetic complications

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Methylglyoxal (MG), an endogenous metabolite that increases in diabetes and is a common intermediate in the Maillard reaction (glycation), reacts with proteins and forms advanced glycation end products. (1) By using a monoclonal antibody to MG-modified proteins, we found that heat-shock protein 27 (Hsp27) was modified by MGin ascending colon and rectum of patients with cancer. However, MG-modified Hsp25/Hsp27 was not detected in non cancerous cell lines or in normal subject. (2) Many tea extracts and antioxidants inhibited both generation of reactive oxygen species and impaired phagocytosis in neutrophils under high glucose condition. It is expected that a number of antioxidant can prevent the development of diabetes and inflammatory disease.