Effect of Alpha - lipoic Acid on
the Progression of Endothelial Cell Damage and Albuminuria in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: An Exploratory Study Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2001 (Jun); 52 (3): 175 — 183 Oxidative stress plays a central role in the pathogenesis and progression of late microangiopathic complications (diabetic nephropathy) in diabetes mellitus.
In this prospective, open and non-randomized study, the effect of alpha - lipoic acid on
the progression of endothelial cell damage and the course of diabetic nephropathy, as assessed by measurement of plasma thrombomodulin and urinary albumin concentration (UAC), was evaluated in 84 patients with diabetes mellitus over 18 months.