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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

Issue 1/2017

Content (102 Articles)

Open Access Research

Serotonin improves glucose metabolism by Serotonylation of the small GTPase Rab4 in L6 skeletal muscle cells

Ramona Al-Zoairy, Michael T. Pedrini, Mohammad Imran Khan, Julia Engl, Alexander Tschoner, Christoph Ebenbichler, Gerhard Gstraunthaler, Karin Salzmann, Rania Bakry, Andreas Niederwanger

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Diagnostic protocol for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) (IADPSG/ADA, 2011): influence on the occurrence of GDM and mild gestational hyperglycemia (MGH) and on the perinatal outcomes

Mariana Pinto Sirimarco, Helena Maciel Guerra, Eduardo Guimarães Lisboa, Joice Monalisa Vernini, Bianca Nicolosi Cassetari, Roberto Antonio de Araujo Costa, Marilza Vieira Cunha Rudge, Iracema de Mattos Paranhos Calderon

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Improvement of quality of life through glycemic control by liraglutide, a GLP-1 analog, in insulin-naive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the PAGE1 study

Hitoshi Ishii, Tetsuji Niiya, Yasuhiro Ono, Naoyuki Inaba, Hideaki Jinnouchi, Hirotaka Watada

Open Access Short report

Clinical aspects of pancreatogenic diabetes secondary to hereditary pancreatitis

Marcio Garrison Dytz, Pedro Arthur Hamamoto Marcelino, Olga de Castro Santos, Lenita Zajdenverg, Flavia Lucia Conceição, Tânia Maria Ortiga-Carvalho, Melanie Rodacki

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Genetic diagnosis and treatment of a Chinese ketosis-prone MODY 3 family with depression

Jun Tang, Chen-Yi Tang, Fang Wang, Yue Guo, Hao-Neng Tang, Ci-La Zhou, Shu-Wen Tan, Shi-Ping Liu, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Hou-De Zhou

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Interaction between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma polymorphism and obesity on type 2 diabetes in a Chinese Han population

Xiaohui Lv, Li Zhang, Jiayu Sun, Zhigang Cai, Qing Gu, Ruipeng Zhang, Aiyun Shan

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Prevalence and risk factors of diabetes in a large community-based study in North India: results from a STEPS survey in Punjab, India

Jaya Prasad Tripathy, J. S. Thakur, Gursimer Jeet, Sohan Chawla, Sanjay Jain, Arnab Pal, Rajendra Prasad, Rajiv Saran

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Health-related quality of life and utility values associated to hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus treated in the Brazilian Public Health System: a multicenter study

Luciana Bahia, Rosane Kupfer, Denise Momesso, Debora A. P. Cabral, Balduino Tschiedel, Marcia Puñales, Suzana Lavigne, Cristina F. S. Façanha, Adriana C. Forti, Angela D. N. Mendes, Bernardo R. Tura

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Post-challenge insulin concentration is useful for differentiating between coronary artery disease and cardiac syndrome X in subjects without known diabetes mellitus

Kae-Woei Liang, Wayne H.-H. Sheu, Wen-Jane Lee, Wen-Lieng Lee, Hung-Chih Pan, I.-Te Lee, Jun-Sing Wang

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The waist circumference-adjusted associations between hyperuricemia and other lifestyle-related diseases

Taiju Miyagami, Hirohide Yokokawa, Kazutoshi Fujibayashi, Toshiaki Gunji, Noriko Sasabe, Mitsue Okumura, Kimiko Iijima, Toshio Naito

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C-peptide is independent associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a community-based study

Xiaona Qiao, Hangping Zheng, Shuo Zhang, Siying Liu, Qian Xiong, Fei Mao, Zhaoyun Zhang, Jie Wen, Hongying Ye, Yiming Li, Bin Lu

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Brazilian dietary patterns and the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet-relationship with metabolic syndrome and newly diagnosed diabetes in the ELSA-Brasil study

Michele Drehmer, Andrew O. Odegaard, Maria Inês Schmidt, Bruce B. Duncan, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Sheila M. Alvim Matos, Maria del Carmen B. Molina, Sandhi M. Barreto, Mark A. Pereira

Open Access Review

Tissue-specific methylation profile in obese patients with type 2 diabetes before and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Priscila Sala, Raquel Susana Matos de Miranda Torrinhas, Danielle Cristina Fonseca, Graziela Rosa Ravacci, Dan Linetzky Waitzberg, Daniel Giannella-Neto

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Increased risk of metabolic disorders in healthy young adults with family history of diabetes: from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey

Joon Ho Moon, Eun Roh, Tae Jung Oh, Kyoung Min Kim, Jae Hoon Moon, Soo Lim, Hak Chul Jang, Sung Hee Choi

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Characteristics of glucose metabolism indexes and continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) in patients with insulinoma

Weijun Gu, Yixin Liu, Hongyan Liu, Guoqing Yang, Qinghua Guo, Jin Du, Nan Jin, Li Zang, Zhaohui Lv, Jianming Ba, Yiming Mu, Jingtao Dou

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The burden of diabetes and hyperglycemia in Brazil-past and present: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Bruce Bartholow Duncan, Maria Inês Schmidt, Ewerton Cousin, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos, Elisabeth Barboza França, Fátima Marinho, Ali H. Mokdad

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Type II diabetes mellitus and hyperhomocysteinemia: a complex interaction

Daniel E. Platt, Essa Hariri, Pascale Salameh, Mahmoud Merhi, Nada Sabbah, Mariana Helou, Francis Mouzaya, Rita Nemer, Yasser Al-Sarraj, Hatem El-Shanti, Antoine B. Abchee, Pierre A. Zalloua

Open Access Review

Can the onset of heart failure be delayed by treating diabetic cardiomyopathy?

Anna Marcinkiewicz, Stanisław Ostrowski, Józef Drzewoski

Open Access Review

Impact of menopause and diabetes on atherogenic lipid profile: is it worth to analyse lipoprotein subfractions to assess cardiovascular risk in women?

Marília Izar Helfenstein Fonseca, Isis Tande da Silva, Sandra Roberta G. Ferreira

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Cardiometabolic risk factors, metabolic syndrome and pre-diabetes in adolescents in the Sierra region of Ecuador

Sharon L. Casapulla, Cheryl A. Howe, Gabriela Rosero Mora, Darlene Berryman, Mario J. Grijalva, Edgar W. Rojas, Masato Nakazawa, Jay H. Shubrook

Open Access Review

Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with diabetes

Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci, Viviane Zorzanelli Rocha

Open Access Research

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 levels are increased and partially related to body fat distribution in patients with familial partial lipodystrophy type 2

Cynthia Melissa Valerio, Juliana Severo de Almeida, Rodrigo Oliveira Moreira, Luiza Barreto. S. Aguiar, Priscila O. Siciliano, Denise P. Carvalho, Amelio F. Godoy-Matos

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Effect of variable antidiabetic treatments strategy on oxidative stress markers in obese patients with T2DM

Abeer A. ALrefai, Alsayed M. Alsalamony, Sameer H. Fatani, Hala F. M. Kamel

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Inpatient screening for albuminuria and retinopathy to predict long-term mortality in type 2 diabetic patients: a retrospective cohort study

Ya-Mei Hsieh, Wen-Jane Lee, Wayne H.-H. Sheu, Yu-Hsuan Li, Shih-Yi Lin, I.-Te Lee

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Urinary podocyte-associated mRNA levels correlate with proximal tubule dysfunction in early diabetic nephropathy of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Ligia Petrica, Sorin Ursoniu, Florica Gadalean, Adrian Vlad, Gheorghe Gluhovschi, Victor Dumitrascu, Daliborca Vlad, Cristina Gluhovschi, Silvia Velciov, Flaviu Bob, Petru Matusz, Oana Milas, Alina Secara, Anca Simulescu, Roxana Popescu

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Gene variants in the FTO gene are associated with adiponectin and TNF-alpha levels in gestational diabetes mellitus

Renata Saucedo, Jorge Valencia, Claudia Gutierrez, Lourdes Basurto, Marcelino Hernandez, Edgardo Puello, Guadalupe Rico, Gloria Vega, Arturo Zarate

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Depression and alexithymia on weight perception in patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes

Maria Cristina de Oliveira Regina, Marcos Antonio Tambascia

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Vildagliptin has the same safety profile as a sulfonylurea on bone metabolism and bone mineral density in post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial

Andre Gustavo Daher Vianna, Claudio Silva de Lacerda, Luciana Muniz Pechmann, Michelle Garcia Polesel, Emerson Cestari Marino, Victoria Zeghbi Cochenski Borba, Fellype de Carvalho Barreto

Open Access Review

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Li Zang, Haojie Hao, Jiejie Liu, Yijun Li, Weidong Han, Yiming Mu

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Disease management programs for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Germany: a longitudinal population-based descriptive study

Michael Mehring, Ewan Donnachie, Florian Cornelius Bonke, Christoph Werner, Antonius Schneider

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Basal hyperinsulinemia beyond a threshold predicts major adverse cardiac events at 1 year after coronary angiogram in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study

Mukund Srinivasan, Padmanabh Kamath, Narayan Bhat, Narasimha Pai, Rajesh Bhat, Tejas Shah, Poornima Manjrekar, Chakrapani Mahabala

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Association of the polymorphism in NUCB2 gene and the risk of type 2 diabetes

Chunyu Wang, Yulun Wang, Wenchao Hu

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Association of metabolic syndrome and electrocardiographic markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease

Theodora W. Elffers, Renée de Mutsert, Hildo J. Lamb, Arie C. Maan, Peter W. Macfarlane, Ko Willems van Dijk, Frits R. Rosendaal, J. Wouter Jukema, Stella Trompet

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Soluble plasma proteins ST2 and CD163 as early biomarkers of nephropathy in Swedish patients with diabetes, 15–34 years of age: a prospective cohort study

My Samuelsson, Jonatan Dereke, Maria K. Svensson, Mona Landin-Olsson, Magnus Hillman

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Skin autofluorescence, a non-invasive biomarker for advanced glycation end products, is associated with the metabolic syndrome and its individual components

Robert P. van Waateringe, Sandra N. Slagter, Andre P. van Beek, Melanie M. van der Klauw, Jana V. van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Reindert Graaff, Andrew D. Paterson, Helen L. Lutgers, Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel

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Unacylated ghrelin modulates circulating angiogenic cell number in insulin-resistant states

Behiye Özcan, Pieter J. M. Leenen, Patric J. D. Delhanty, Lucy Y. Baldéon-Rojas, Sebastian J. Neggers, Aart Jan van der Lely

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Understanding the barriers and improving care in type 2 diabetes: Brazilian perspective in time to do more in diabetes

Sérgio Vencio, Päivi M. Paldánius, Matthias Blüher, Daniel Giannella-Neto, Rafael Caiado-Vencio, W. David Strain

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Introduction of the DiaGene study: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology and determinants of vascular complications of type 2 diabetes

Thijs T. W. van Herpt, Roosmarijn F. H. Lemmers, Mandy van Hoek, Janneke G. Langendonk, Ronald J. Erdtsieck, Bert Bravenboer, Annelies Lucas, Monique T. Mulder, Harm R. Haak, Aloysius G. Lieverse, Eric J. G. Sijbrands

Open Access Short report

Metabolic profiling of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents: a case–control study

Liene Bervoets, Guy Massa, Wanda Guedens, Evelyne Louis, Jean-Paul Noben, Peter Adriaensens

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Low serum adiponectin level is associated with metabolic syndrome and is an independent marker of peripheral arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients

Ming-Chun Chen, Chung-Jen Lee, Chiu-Fen Yang, Yu-Chih Chen, Ji-Hung Wang, Bang-Gee Hsu

Open Access Short report

Autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells transplantation in type 2 diabetes mellitus: effect on β-cell function and insulin sensitivity

Shobhit Bhansali, Pinaki Dutta, Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Ashish Jain, Sunder Mudaliar, Meredith Hawkins, Anura V. Kurpad, Deepak Pahwa, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Ratti Ram Sharma, Vivekanand Jha, Neelam Marwaha, Shipra Bhansali, Anil Bhansali

Open Access Short report

Translation and validation of diabetes self-management profile (DSMP) into Brazilian Portuguese language: first instrument to assess type 1 diabetes self-management in a pediatric population

Caroline Gouveia Buff Passone, Lygia Spassapan Oliveira Esteves, Roberta Dias Savoldelli, Michael A. Harris, Durval Damiani, Thais Della Manna

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Educ@dom: comparative study of the telemonitoring of patients with type 2 diabetes versus standard monitoring—study protocol for a randomized controlled study

Marie-Christine Turnin, Solène Schirr-Bonnans, Jacques Martini, Jean-Christophe Buisson, Soumia Taoui, Marie-Christine Chauchard, Nadège Costa, Benoît Lepage, Laurent Molinier, Hélène Hanaire

Open Access Review

Brazilian guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes: a position statement from the Brazilian Diabetes Society (SBD), the Brazilian Cardiology Society (SBC) and the Brazilian Endocrinology and Metabolism Society (SBEM)

Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci, Rodrigo Oliveira Moreira, André Faludi, Maria Cristina Izar, Beatriz D. Schaan, Cynthia Melissa Valerio, Marcelo Chiara Bertolami, Ana Paula Chacra, Marcus Vinicius Bolivar Malachias, Sérgio Vencio, José Francisco Kerr Saraiva, Roberto Betti, Luiz Turatti, Francisco Antonio Helfenstein Fonseca, Henrique Tria Bianco, Marta Sulzbach, Adriana Bertolami, João Eduardo Nunes Salles, Alexandre Hohl, Fábio Trujilho, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Marcio Hiroshi Miname, Maria Teresa Zanella, Rodrigo Lamounier, João Roberto Sá, Celso Amodeo, Antonio Carlos Pires, Raul D. Santos

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A randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of dapagliflozin and DPP-4 inhibitors on glucose variability and metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on insulin

Hiroshi Nomoto, Hideaki Miyoshi, Hajime Sugawara, Kota Ono, Shingo Yanagiya, Mayuko Oita, Akinobu Nakamura, Tatsuya Atsumi

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CD36 overexpression: a possible etiopathogenic mechanism of atherosclerosis in patients with prediabetes and diabetes

M. D. Lopez-Carmona, M. C. Plaza-Seron, A. Vargas-Candela, F. J. Tinahones, R. Gomez-Huelgas, M. R. Bernal-Lopez

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Changes of myocardial lipidomics profiling in a rat model of diabetic cardiomyopathy using UPLC/Q-TOF/MS analysis

Shifen Dong, Rong Zhang, Yaoyue Liang, Jiachen Shi, Jiajia Li, Fei Shang, Xuezhou Mao, Jianning Sun

Open Access Review

Supportive and non-supportive interactions in families with a type 2 diabetes patient: an integrative review

Birgitte B. Bennich, Michael E. Røder, Dorthe Overgaard, Ingrid Egerod, Lene Munch, Filip K. Knop, Tina Vilsbøll, Hanne Konradsen

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A qualitative study to explore the perception and behavior of patients towards diabetes management with physical disability

Syed Wasif Gillani, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Mohi Iqbal Mohammad Abdul, Sherif Y. Saad

Open Access Review

Interactions between antidiabetic drugs and herbs: an overview of mechanisms of action and clinical implications

Ramesh C. Gupta, Dennis Chang, Srinivas Nammi, Alan Bensoussan, Kellie Bilinski, Basil D. Roufogalis

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Early effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes: study based on continuous glucose monitoring

Keiichi Torimoto, Yosuke Okada, Kenji Koikawa, Yoshiya Tanaka

Open Access Short report

Translation and cultural adaptation into Brazilian culture of type 1 diabetes distress scale

M. S. V. M. Silveira, T. G. Bovi, P. F. Oliveira, E. J. Pavin, L. Fisher

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Worse inflammatory profile in omnivores than in vegetarians associates with the gut microbiota composition

Ana Carolina Franco-de-Moraes, Bianca de Almeida-Pititto, Gabriel da Rocha Fernandes, Everton Padilha Gomes, Alexandre da Costa Pereira, Sandra Roberta G. Ferreira

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Association between aerobic capacity and the improvement in glycemic control after the exercise training in type 2 diabetes

Hideki Nojima, Masayasu Yoneda, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kiminori Yamane, Yoshihiro Kitahara, Kiyokazu Sekikawa, Hideya Yamamoto, Akihito Yokoyama, Noboru Hattori, Nobuoki Kohno, Akira Eboshida, Yasuo Hashimoto, Hiromi Kawasaki, Norihisa Kato, Hidemi Kurihara, Mitsuo Ochi, Megu Ohtaki, Kiyoshi Onari, Tsutomu Inamizu, Toshimasa Asahara, Ryozo Harada

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Impact of post-meal and one-time daily exercise in patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized crossover study

Daizy Pahra, Nitasha Sharma, Sandhya Ghai, Abhishek Hajela, Shobhit Bhansali, Anil Bhansali

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Analysis of factors influencing glucose tolerance in Japanese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Satoko Ohmi, Masafumi Ono, Hiroshi Takata, Seiki Hirano, Shogo Funakoshi, Yuichi Nishi, Kumiko Yoshimura, Eri Amano, Yoshio Terada, Toshiji Saibara, Shimpei Fujimoto

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Association of the leptin-to-adiponectin ratio with metabolic syndrome in a sub-Saharan African population

Clarisse Noël A. Ayina, Francky Teddy A. Endomba, Samuel Honoré Mandengue, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa, Philippe Boudou, Jean-François Gautier, Jean Claude Mbanya, Eugene Sobngwi

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Elevated serum interleukin-6 is predictive of coronary artery disease in intermediate risk overweight patients referred for coronary angiography

Marco V. Wainstein, Márcio Mossmann, Gustavo N. Araujo, Sandro C. Gonçalves, Gabriela L. Gravina, Marlei Sangalli, Francine Veadrigo, Roselene Matte, Rejane Reich, Fernanda G. Costa, Michael Andrades, Antônio Marcos V. da Silva, Marcello C. Bertoluci

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Addition of nonalbumin proteinuria to albuminuria improves prediction of type 2 diabetic nephropathy progression

Jong Ho Kim, Seo Young Oh, Eun Heui Kim, Min Jin Lee, Yun Kyung Jeon, Bo Hyun Kim, Jin Mi Kim, Yong Ki Kim, Sang Soo Kim, In Joo Kim

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The relationship between insulin sensitivity and heart rate-corrected QT interval in patients with type 2 diabetes

Xiao-hua Yang, Jian-bin Su, Xiu-lin Zhang, Li-hua Zhao, Feng Xu, Xue-qin Wang, Xing-bo Cheng

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with diabetes

Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci, Viviane Zorzanelli Rocha

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Moderate- to high-intensity statins for secondary prevention in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on dialysis after acute myocardial infarction

Yan-Rong Li, Sung-Sheng Tsai, Yu-Sheng Lin, Chang-Min Chung, Szu-Tah Chen, Jui-Hung Sun, Miaw-Jene Liou, Tien-Hsing Chen

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Prevalence and severity of syndrome Z in women with metabolic syndrome on waiting list for bariatric surgery: a cross-sectional study

Eduardo Araujo Perez, Luis Vicente Franco Oliveira, Wilson Rodrigues Freitas Jr., Carlos Alberto Malheiros, Elias Jirjoss Ilias, Anderson Soares Silva, Jessica Julioti Urbano, Patricia Clemente Oliveira, Felipe X. Cepeda, Luciana M. M. Sampaio, Ivani C. Trombetta, Humberto Delle, Daniel Gianella Neto, Sergio Roberto Nacif, Roberto Stirbulov

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The promotion of nephropathy by Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide via toll-like receptors

Koichiro Kajiwara, Shunsuke Takata, Thao T. To, Kenyo Takara, Yuji Hatakeyama, Sachio Tamaoki, Richard Peters Darveau, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Yoshihiko Sawa

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Endurance exercise training decreased serum levels of surfactant protein D and improved aerobic fitness of obese women with type-2 diabetes

Sajjad Rezaei, Mahdieh Molanouri Shamsi, Mehdi Mahdavi, Azadeh Jamali, Jonato Prestes, Ramires Alsamir Tibana, James Wilfred Navalta, Fabrício Azevedo Voltarelli

Open Access Review

Review article: effects of type 2 diabetes therapies on bone metabolism

A. G. D. Vianna, C. P. Sanches, F. C. Barreto

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Neutrophil killing of Staphylococcus aureus in diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome: a prospective cellular surveillance study

Ingrid Lea Scully, Lisa Kristin McNeil, Sudam Pathirana, Christine Lee Singer, Yongdong Liu, Stanley Mullen, Douglas Girgenti, Alejandra Gurtman, Michael W. Pride, Kathrin Ute Jansen, Paul L. Huang, Annaliesa S. Anderson

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Association of meal frequency with metabolic syndrome in Korean adults: from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES)

Chan-Hee Jung, Ji Sung Lee, Hee Jung Ahn, Jin-Sun Choi, Min Young Noh, Ji Jeung Lee, Eun Young Lee, Jeong Hyun Lim, Young Ran Lee, So Yoon Yoon, Chong Hwa Kim, Dong-Hyeok Cho, Young Sik Choi, Kyung Mook Choi

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Canagliflozin reduces epicardial fat in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Shusuke Yagi, Yukina Hirata, Takayuki Ise, Kenya Kusunose, Hirotsugu Yamada, Daiju Fukuda, Hotimah Masdan Salim, Gulinu Maimaituxun, Susumu Nishio, Yuriko Takagawa, Saori Hama, Tomomi Matsuura, Koji Yamaguchi, Takeshi Tobiume, Takeshi Soeki, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Ken-ichi Aihara, Masashi Akaike, Michio Shimabukuro, Masataka Sata

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Elevated circulating fasting glucagon-like peptide-1 in surgical patients with aortic valve disease and diabetes

Camilla Krizhanovskii, Stelia Ntika, Christian Olsson, Per Eriksson, Anders Franco-Cereceda

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High prevalence of Berardinelli-Seip Congenital Lipodystrophy in Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeast Brazil

Lázaro Batista de Azevedo Medeiros, Verônica Kristina Cândido Dantas, Aquiles Sales Craveiro Sarmento, Lucymara Fassarella Agnez-Lima, Adriana Lúcia Meireles, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier Nobre, Josivan Gomes de Lima, Julliane Tamara Araújo de Melo Campos

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Long-term feeding of high-fat plus high-fructose diet induces isolated impaired glucose tolerance and skeletal muscle insulin resistance in miniature pigs

Meng-Chieh Hsu, Mu-En Wang, Yi-Fan Jiang, Hung-Chang Liu, Yi-Chen Chen, Chih-Hsien Chiu

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Aliskiren effect on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in metabolic syndrome

F. N. Ramalho, S. C. Sanches, M. C. Foss, M. J. Augusto, D. M. Silva, A. M. Oliveira, L. N. Ramalho

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Shift work is associated with metabolic syndrome in male steel workers-the role of resistin and WBC count-related metabolic derangements

Yung-Chuan Lu, Chao-Ping Wang, Teng-Hung Yu, I-Ting Tsai, Wei-Chin Hung, I-Cheng Lu, Chia-Chang Hsu, Wei-Hua Tang, Jer-Yiing Houng, Fu-Mei Chung, Mei-Chu Yen Jean

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Hypermethylation in the promoter of the MTHFR gene is associated with diabetic complications and biochemical indicators

Mayara Karla dos Santos Nunes, Alexandre Sérgio Silva, Isabella Wanderley de Queiroga Evangelista, João Modesto Filho, Cecília Neta Alves Pegado Gomes, Rayner Anderson Ferreira do Nascimento, Rafaella Cristhine Pordeus Luna, Maria José de Carvalho Costa, Naila Francis Paulo de Oliveira, Darlene Camati Persuhn

Open Access Review

The impact of type 2 diabetes on bone metabolism

Claudia Pinheiro Sanches, Andre Gustavo Daher Vianna, Fellype de Carvalho Barreto

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Association of body mass index and visceral fat with aortic valve calcification and mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the obesity paradox in severe aortic stenosis

Jennifer Mancio, Paulo Fonseca, Bruno Figueiredo, Wilson Ferreira, Monica Carvalho, Nuno Ferreira, Pedro Braga, Alberto Rodrigues, Antonio Barros, Ines Falcao-Pires, Adelino Leite-Moreira, Vasco Gama Ribeiro, Nuno Bettencourt

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Arterial stiffness and its association with clustering of metabolic syndrome risk factors

Wanda R. P. Lopes-Vicente, Sara Rodrigues, Felipe X. Cepeda, Camila Paixão Jordão, Valéria Costa-Hong, Akothirene C. B. Dutra-Marques, Jefferson C. Carvalho, Maria Janieire N. N. Alves, Luiz A. Bortolotto, Ivani C. Trombetta

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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in United Arab Emirates Expatriates: the UAE National Diabetes and Lifestyle Study

Nabil Sulaiman, Salah Elbadawi, Amal Hussein, Salah Abusnana, Abdulrazzag Madani, Maisoon Mairghani, Fatheya Alawadi, Ahmad Sulaiman, Paul Zimmet, Oliver Huse, Jonathan Shaw, Anna Peeters

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Validity of a continuous metabolic syndrome score as an index for modeling metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-V study

Ramin Heshmat, Motahar Heidari, Hanieh-Sadat Ejtahed, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Armita Mahdavi-Gorab, Hasan Ziaodini, Majzoubeh Taheri, Gita Shafiee, Shaghayegh Beshtar, Mostafa Qorbani, Roya Kelishadi

Open Access Review

Effects of pioglitazone therapy on blood parameters, weight and BMI: a meta-analysis

Elena Filipova, Katya Uzunova, Krassimir Kalinov, Toni Vekov

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Vitamin D is associated with metabotropic but not neurotrophic effects of exercise in ovariectomized rats

Parvin Babaei, Samaneh Ghorbani Shirkouhi, Rastegar Hosseini, Bahram Soltani Tehrani

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Myocardial injury in diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease after revascularization interventions

Paulo Cury Rezende, Whady Hueb, Rosa Maria Rahmi, Thiago Luis Scudeler, Diogo Freitas Cardoso de Azevedo, Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, Carlos Alexandre Wainrober Segre, Jose Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho

Open Access Short report

Poor glycaemic control is associated with reduced exercise performance and oxygen economy during cardio-pulmonary exercise testing in people with type 1 diabetes

Othmar Moser, Max L. Eckstein, Olivia McCarthy, Rachel Deere, Stephen C. Bain, Hanne L. Haahr, Eric Zijlstra, Richard M. Bracken

Open Access Research

Liraglutide attenuates atherosclerosis via inhibiting ER-induced macrophage derived microvesicles production in T2DM rats

Jinjin Li, Xiaojuan Liu, Qianhua Fang, Min Ding, Chunjun Li

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Adiponectin/resistin interplay in serum and in adipose tissue of obese and normal-weight individuals

Marta Izabela Jonas, Alina Kurylowicz, Zbigniew Bartoszewicz, Wojciech Lisik, Maurycy Jonas, Justyna Domienik-Karlowicz, Monika Puzianowska-Kuznicka

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Effectiveness of long-term treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors: real-world evidence from a specialized diabetes center

Yotsapon Thewjitcharoen, Nalin Yenseung, Areeya Malidaeng, Soontaree Nakasatien, Phawinpon Chotwanvirat, Sirinate Krittiyawong, Ekgaluck Wanothayaroj, Thep Himathongkam

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The influence of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase and catechol O-methyltransferase gene polymorphism on the efficacy of insulin detemir therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Tomislav Bozek, Antonela Blazekovic, Matea Nikolac Perkovic, Kristina Gotovac Jercic, Aleksandra Sustar, Lea Smircic-Duvnjak, Tiago F. Outeiro, Nela Pivac, Fran Borovecki

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Hypertensive diabetic patients: incidence of cardiovascular and renal outcomes in a historical cohort over 11 years

Andréa Cristina Sousa, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Thiago Olivera Costa, Fabrício Galdino Magalhães, Marcos Paulo Marinho Montelo, Weimar K. Barroso Souza, Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa

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Type 1 diabetes does not impair the physical capacity of non-sedentary adolescents

Milena S. Nascimento, Carolina F. Espindola, Cristiane do Prado, Melina Blanco Amarins, Ana Lucia Potenza, Luciana Pacheco, Erica Santos, Teresa Cristina A. Vieira

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Muscle irisin response to aerobic vs HIIT in overweight female adolescents

Carolina Archundia-Herrera, Maciste Macias-Cervantes, Bernardo Ruiz-Muñoz, Katya Vargas-Ortiz, Carlos Kornhauser, Victoriano Perez-Vazquez

Open Access Review

Bile acids at the cross-roads of gut microbiome–host cardiometabolic interactions

Paul M. Ryan, Catherine Stanton, Noel M. Caplice