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Transglutaminase-2 has been implicated in vascular stress responses, but its contribution to endothelial adaptation to high glucose remains incompletely defined. Methods: EA.hy926 endothelial cells were cultured under normoglycaemic (NG) or high-glucose conditions and treated with LDN-27219 at 20 \u00b5g\/mL (48.9 \u00b5M). Cellular reducing capacity, total protein content, mitochondrial respiration, MitoSOX Red fluorescence, and selected cytokine and adhesion-marker secretion were assessed. Results: High glucose shifted cells toward a more glycolytic basal phenotype, increased MitoSOX Red fluorescence, and reduced glycolytic stress responsiveness compared with NG conditions. LDN-27219 had limited effects under NG conditions but, under high-glucose conditions, reduced basal respiration, maximal respiration, ATP-linked oxygen consumption, and spare respiratory capacity, while partially restoring stressed extracellular acidification. LDN-27219 also reduced high-glucose-induced MitoSOX Red fluorescence, although this cannot be interpreted as definitive evidence of reduced mitochondrial superoxide production because mitochondrial membrane potential was not measured. No statistically significant changes were detected in the selected inflammatory or adhesion markers. 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