Lack of association of apoE e4 ...
ApoE is a polymorphic protein involved in the metabolism of plasma lipoproteins; the e4 allele was shown to be associated with coronary and aortic a ...
Incidence of type 2 diabetes by ...
The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of type 2 diabetes using newly proposed hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) and current oral glucose toleranc ...
Erythrocyte caspase-3 activatio ...
An increased oxidative stress and a decreased life span of erythrocytes (RBCs) are reported in patients with diabetes. Aim of this study was to asse ...
Description of an AGPAT2 pathol ...
A 54-year-old Italian female patient was admitted to our Department with the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes poorly controlled with insulin therapy. Th ...
The carriage of risk variants o ...
On chromosome 6q22.3, a cluster of singlenucleotide polymorphisms located in intron 5 of the cyclindependent kinase 5 (CDK5) regulatory subunit-asso ...
IL-6 induction of TLR-4 gene ex ...
We investigated the cytokines and mechanisms involved in the induction of insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle. Ten subjects with impaired gl ...
Influence of diabetes on health ...
The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate the impact of diabetes on HRQOL at baseline and 6-months following ACS treated by PCI and ...
A comparison on insulin regimen ...
The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus increases with age. However, there are few data about the most adequate type of insulin, or the most adequ ...
Effects of atorvastatin on apel ...
To investigate the influence of atrovastatin treatment on carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and serumlevels of novel adipokines, like apelin, vi ...
Fasting glucose cutoff point: w ...
The aim of this study is to determine safe fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels. We included data on 5,960 individuals aged C20 years at baseline wit ...
Heart rate variability and dias ...
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy is a common form of autonomic dysfunction in diabetes mellitus (DM) and associates abnormalities in heart rate c ...
A psychological support program ...
We aimed to test the effects of a psychological support program on the psychological distress, mood, and quality of life of well-educated individual ...
A cross-sectional survey of dep ...
To evaluate the prevalence of depression in outpatients with type 2 diabetes and its possible correlation with anxiety, cognitive function, and clin ...
Impaired early- but not late-ph ...
Subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. We recently demonstrated that IFG subjects have increased he ...
Characterization of beta cell a ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the beta cell and incretin function in patients with HNF4A and HNF1A MODY during a test meal. Clinical charact ...
Kidney function and retinol sta ...
Kidneys play an important role in retinol turnover. We postulated that retinol homeostasis is disturbed in diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this res ...
Transaminase levels in the uppe ...
Incident diabetes and the worsening of diabetes have recently been linked to hepatic steatosis. Aim of our study was to determine whether oral hypog ...
The ENPP1 K121Q polymorphism is ...
The K121Q polymorphism of the ectoenzyme nucleotide pyrophosphate phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1) gene has been studied in relation to insulin resistanc ...
Fasting, non-fasting glucose an ...
We determined in non-diabetic persons the risk of fasting and non-fasting glucose levels for pre-diabetes, diabetes, and coronary heart disease (CHD ...
Proliferative retinopathy predi ...
We wanted to examine proliferative retinopathy as a marker of incident nephropathy in a 25-year follow- up study of a population-based cohort of Dan ...
Association between serum C-pep ...
This study evaluated the association between serum C-peptide levels and chronic vascular complications in Korean patients with type 2 diabetes. Data ...
Effect of pioglitazone on cardi ...
This study aims to examine the effect of pioglitazone on potential progression of autonomic damage in addition to changes in control of cardiovascul ...
Higher liver transaminase level ...
Dr Irace and colleagues [1] found that higher liver transaminase levels were associated with oral hypoglycemic agent failure in patients with type 2 ...
HBV and HCV infection in type 2 ...
Viral infections and the metabolic syndrome may coexist in several individuals, due to the large prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus ...
Severely fibrotic pancreases fr ...
While it is known that islet cell mass increases considerably after birth, general uncertainty surrounds the source of new beta cells in humans. Chr ...