Project

Study of glycated protein as a marker for diabetes in Central Africa

Code

01W00413

Duration

01 October 2013 → 30 September 2017

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Joris Delanghe

Fellow

Antoine Sadiki Kishabongo

Research disciplines

Medical and health sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Laboratory medicine
- Medical systems biology
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Laboratory medicine
- Medical systems biology
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Medicinal chemistry
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Laboratory medicine
- Medical systems biology

Keywords

diabetes biomarker Africa glycation

Project description

The possibilities are explored to use glycation of fingernail keratins as an alternative and affordable biomarker for detection and monitoring of diabetes. Classical diagnostic markers (glucose, HbA1c) are difficult to use in an African context.