by Kumamoto University Mass spectrometer analysis of blood serum in diabetic patients. 1) SH-Albumin (unmodified), 2) Cys-Albumin (cysteine adduct (oxidized albumin), 3) Glu-Albumin (sugar adduct), 4) Cys-Glu-Albumin (simultaneous cysteine and sugar adduct), 5) Glu-Glu-Albumin (two sugar adducts). Credit: Associate Professor Hiroshi Watanabe A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan has discovered that cysteinylated albumin (oxidized albumin)...
