Dual-color immunofluorescent labeling with quantum dots of the diabetes-associated proteins aldose reductase and Toll-like receptor 4 in the kidneys of diabetic rats

• Main Authors: Liu, Yang, Liu, Jing, Liu, Jianwei, Lin, Guimiao, Liu, Liwei, Liu, Xiaomin, Hu, Rui, Lian, Hongwei, Duan, Xiaojian, Yong, Ken-Tye, Ye, Ling
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Optics, optoelectronics, photonics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105953; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26059
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Diabetes is one of the major chronic diseases diagnosed worldwide with a common complication of diabetic nephropathy (DN). There are multiple possible mechanisms associated with DN. Aldose reductase (AR) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) may be involved in the occurrence and development of DN. Here, w...