ALB and Hyperglycemia: At the end of the study (12 weeks of hyperglycemia + 8 weeks of antibody treatment) urinary albumin levels were 410 ± 96 μg/mg creatinine in the vehicle-treated diabetic rats compared to 170 ± 32 μg/mg creatinine in the antibody-treated group and 204 ± 33 μg/mg in the nondiabetic group (Figure 2(d)).