Evaluation of Early Markers of Nephropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Figure 1

Representative cellulose acetate electrophoretic profiles of urine glycosaminoglycans/proteoglycans from T2DM patients (lanes 1–5) and control subjects (lanes 6-7). UTI: urinary trypsin inhibitor. LSC: low sulfate chondroitin sulfate. SM-LSC: slow migration-LSC. HS: heparan sulfate. CS: chondroitin sulfate.