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Cardiovascular Diabetology

Issue 1/2012

Content (156 Articles)

Open Access Original investigation

Hyperglycemia raises the threshold of levosimendan- but not milrinone-induced postconditioning in rat hearts

Shuhei Matsumoto, Sungsam Cho, Shinya Tosaka, Ushio Higashijima, Takuji Maekawa, Tetsuya Hara, Koji Sumikawa

Open Access Original investigation

Increase of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in the heart of type-1 diabetic rats

Zhih-Cherng Chen, Yung-Ze Cheng, Li-Jen Chen, Kai-Chun Cheng, Yin- Xiao Li, Juei- Tang Cheng

Open Access Original investigation

RhoA/ROCK-dependent moesin phosphorylation regulates AGE-induced endothelial cellular response

Jiping Wang, Hongxia Liu, Bo Chen, Qiang Li, Xuliang Huang, Liqun Wang, Xiaohua Guo, Qiaobing Huang

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiovascular safety with linagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a pre-specified, prospective, and adjudicated meta-analysis of a phase 3 programme

Odd Erik Johansen, Dietmar Neubacher, Maximilian von Eynatten, Sanjay Patel, Hans-Juergen Woerle

Open Access Review

Acute and chronic animal models for the evaluation of anti-diabetic agents

Suresh Kumar, Rajeshwar Singh, Neeru Vasudeva, Sunil Sharma

Open Access Original investigation

Glycated hemoglobin and associated risk factors in older adults

Raul A Martins, John G Jones, Sean P Cumming, Manuel J Coelho e Silva, Ana M Teixeira, Manuel T Veríssimo

Open Access Original investigation

Uric acid is an independent risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis in a Japanese elderly population without metabolic syndrome

Shuzo Takayama, Ryuichi Kawamoto, Tomo Kusunoki, Masanori Abe, Morikazu Onji

Open Access Original investigation

Lipocalin-2, glucose metabolism and chronic low-grade systemic inflammation in Chinese people

Ying Huang, Zhen Yang, Zi Ye, Qin Li, Jie Wen, Xiaoming Tao, Lili Chen, Min He, Xuanchun Wang, Bin Lu, Zhaoyun Zhang, Weiwei Zhang, Shen Qu, Renming Hu

Open Access Hypothesis

The possible role of ribosomal protein S6 kinase 4 in the senescence of endothelial progenitor cells in diabetes mellitus

Zhiyong Yin, Linni Fan, Gaosheng Huang, Haichang Wang, Zhe Wang

Open Access Original investigation

Beta blocker use in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and systolic heart failure does not worsen glycaemic control

Bryan Wai, Leighton G Kearney, David L Hare, Michelle Ord, Louise M Burrell, Piyush M Srivastava

Open Access Original investigation

Efficacy of endoluminal interventional therapy in diabetic peripheral arterial occlusive disease: a retrospective trial

Liang Xiao, De-sheng Huang, Jia-jie Tong, Jing Shen

Open Access Original investigation

NT-proBNP, echocardiographic abnormalities and subclinical coronary artery disease in high risk type 2 diabetic patients

Henrik Reinhard, Peter R Hansen, Niels Wiinberg, Andreas Kjær, Claus L Petersen, Kaj Winther, Hans-Henrik Parving, Peter Rossing, Peter K Jacobsen

Open Access Original investigation

Ramipril-based versus diuretic-based antihypertensive primary treatment in patients with pre-diabetes (ADaPT) study

Walter Zidek, Joachim Schrader, Stephan Lüders, Stephan Matthaei, Christoph Hasslacher, Joachim Hoyer, Claudia Zemmrich, Peter Bramlage, Claus-Dieter Sturm, W Dieter Paar

Open Access Original investigation

Postchallenge responses of nitrotyrosine and TNF-alpha during 75-g oral glucose tolerance test are associated with the presence of coronary artery diseases in patients with prediabetes

Chih-Sheng Chu, Kun-Tai Lee, Kai-Hong Cheng, Min-Yi Lee, Hsuan-Fu Kuo, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Ho-Ming Su, Wen-Chol Voon, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu, Wen-Ter Lai

Open Access Original investigation

Platelet hyperaggregability in high-fat fed rats: A role for intraplatelet reactive-oxygen species production

Priscila F Monteiro, Rafael P Morganti, Maria A Delbin, Marina C Calixto, Maria E Lopes-Pires, Sisi Marcondes, Angelina Zanesco, Edson Antunes

Open Access Original investigation

Hyperinsulinemia correlates with low levels of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in Japanese men irrespective of fat distribution

Hideaki Nakatsuji, Ken Kishida, Tohru Funahashi, Tohru Nakagawa, Iichiro Shimomura

Open Access Original investigation

Low serum magnesium concentrations are associated with a high prevalence of premature ventricular complexes in obese adults with type 2 diabetes

Liana C Del Gobbo, Yiqing Song, Paul Poirier, Eric Dewailly, Ronald J Elin, Grace M Egeland

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiovascular disease risk profile and microvascular complications of diabetes: comparison of Indigenous cohorts with diabetes in Australia and Canada

Louise J Maple-Brown, Joan Cunningham, Bernard Zinman, Mary Mamakeesick, Stewart B Harris, Philip W Connelly, Jonathan Shaw, Kerin O'Dea, Anthony J Hanley

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of bezafibrate on lipid and glucose metabolism in dyslipidemic patients with diabetes: the J-BENEFIT study

Tamio Teramoto, Kohji Shirai, Hiroyuki Daida, Nobuhiro Yamada

Open Access Original investigation

Global gene expression profiling displays a network of dysregulated genes in non-atherosclerotic arterial tissue from patients with type 2 diabetes

Vibe Skov, Steen Knudsen, Malene Olesen, Maria L Hansen, Lars M Rasmussen

Open Access Original investigation

Cut off values for abdominal obesity as a criterion of metabolic syndrome in an ethnic Kyrgyz population (Central Asian region)

Aibek E Mirrakhimov, Olga S Lunegova, Alina S Kerimkulova, Cholpon B Moldokeeva, Malik P Nabiev, Erkin M Mirrakhimov

Open Access Original investigation

High-dose fasudil preserves postconditioning against myocardial infarction under hyperglycemia in rats: role of mitochondrial KATP channels

Taiga Ichinomiya, Sungsam Cho, Ushio Higashijima, Shuhei Matsumoto, Takuji Maekawa, Koji Sumikawa

Open Access Original investigation

Association of serum adipocytokine levels with cardiac autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetic patients

Chan-Hee Jung, Bo-Yeon Kim, Chul-Hee Kim, Sung-Koo Kang, Sang-Hee Jung, Ji-Oh Mok

Open Access Original investigation

Elevated serum adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein concentrations are independently associated with renal dysfunction in patients with stable angina pectoris

Mutsumi Iwamoto, Toru Miyoshi, Masayuki Doi, Ko Takeda, Masahito Kajiya, Kazumasa Nosaka, Rie Nakayama, Satoshi Hirohata, Shinichi Usui, Shozo Kusachi, Kosuke Sakane, Kazuhfumi Nakamura, Hiroshi Ito

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of some anti-diabetic and cardioprotective agents on proliferation and apoptosis of human coronary artery endothelial cells

Linnéa Eriksson, Özlem Erdogdu, Thomas Nyström, Qimin Zhang, Åke Sjöholm

Open Access Original investigation

In-hospital death in acute coronary syndrome was related to admission glucose in men but not in women

Julio Yoshio Takada, Rogério Bicudo Ramos, Larissa Cardoso Roza, Solange Desiree Avakian, José Antonio Franchini Ramires, Antonio de Pádua Mansur

Open Access Original investigation

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein to detect metabolic syndrome in a centrally obese population: a cross-sectional analysis

Corine den Engelsen, Paula S Koekkoek, Kees J Gorter, Maureen van den Donk, Philippe L Salomé, Guy E Rutten

Open Access Original investigation

A retrospective analysis of amputation rates in diabetic patients: can lower extremity amputations be further prevented?

Alexandra Alvarsson, Buster Sandgren, Carl Wendel, Michael Alvarsson, Kerstin Brismar

Open Access Original investigation

The role of Na+/H+ exchanger in Ca2+ overload and ischemic myocardial damage in hearts from type 2 diabetic db/db mice

Ryuko Anzawa, Shingo Seki, Tomohisa Nagoshi, Ikuo Taniguchi, Danielle Feuvray, Michihiro Yoshimura

Open Access Original investigation

Does insulin resistance co-exist with glucocorticoid resistance in the metabolic syndrome? Studies comparing skin sensitivity to glucocorticoids in individuals with and without acanthosis nigricans

Surujpal Teelucksingh, Sarada Jaimungal, Lexley Pinto Pereira, Terence Seemungal, Shivananda Nayak

Open Access Original investigation

Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism: effects on plasma lipids and risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease

Rajesh Chaudhary, Atip Likidlilid, Thavatchai Peerapatdit, Damras Tresukosol, Sorachai Srisuma, Suphachai Ratanamaneechat, Charn Sriratanasathavorn

Open Access Original investigation

Prognostic significance of the Complex "Visceral Adiposity Index" vs. simple anthropometric measures: Tehran lipid and glucose study

Bozorgmanesh Mohammadreza, Hadaegh Farzad, Khalili Davoud, Azizi Fereidoun Prof

Open Access Original investigation

Variability of plasma and urine betaine in diabetes mellitus and its relationship to methionine load test responses: an observational study

Michael Lever, Sandy Slow, David O McGregor, Warwick J Dellow, Peter M George, Stephen T Chambers

Open Access Original investigation

Baseline comparison of three health utility measures and the feeling thermometer among participants in the action to control cardiovascular risk in diabetes trial

Dennis W Raisch, Patricia Feeney, David C Goff Jr, KM Venkat Narayan, Patrick J O’Connor, Ping Zhang, Don G Hire, Mark D Sullivan

Open Access Original investigation

Associations between retinol-binding protein 4 and cardiometabolic risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in recently postmenopausal women: cross-sectional analyses from the KEEPS study

Gary Huang, Dan Wang, Unab I Khan, Irfan Zeb, JoAnn E Manson, Virginia Miller, Howard N Hodis, Matthew J Budoff, George R Merriam, Mitchell S Harman, Eliot A Brinton, Marcelle I Cedars, Yali Su, Rogerio A Lobo, Frederick Naftolin, Nanette Santoro, Hugh S Taylor, Rachel P Wildman

Open Access Original investigation

Expression of fourteen novel obesity-related genes in zucker diabetic fatty rats

Peter M Schmid, Iris Heid, Christa Buechler, Andreas Steege, Markus Resch, Christoph Birner, Dierk H Endemann, Guenter A Riegger, Andreas Luchner

Open Access Original investigation

Effect of vitamin D on aortic remodeling in streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Erik Salum, Priit Kampus, Mihkel Zilmer, Jaan Eha, Mark Butlin, Alberto P Avolio, Taavi Põdramägi, Andres Arend, Marina Aunapuu, Jaak Kals

Open Access Review

Mammalian target of rapamycin signaling in diabetic cardiovascular disease

Zhao Zhong Chong, Kenneth Maiese

Open Access Original investigation

Gender difference in carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetic patients: a 4-year follow-up study

Bo Zhao, Yanping Liu, Yifei Zhang, Yuhong Chen, Zhifang Yang, Ying Zhu, Weiwei Zhan

Open Access Original investigation

Characteristics of poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes patients in Swiss primary care

Anja Frei, Stefanie Herzog, Katja Woitzek, Ulrike Held, Oliver Senn, Thomas Rosemann, Corinne Chmiel

Open Access Original investigation

Previous gestational diabetes is independently associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness, similarly to metabolic syndrome – a case control study

Claudia Maria Vilas Freire, Felipe Batista Lima Barbosa, Maria Cristina C de Almeida, Paulo Augusto Carvalho Miranda, Márcia Melo Barbosa, Anelise Impeliziere Nogueira, Milena Moreira Guimarães, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Antônio Ribeiro-Oliveira Jr

Open Access Original investigation

Advanced glycation end products impair the migration, adhesion and secretion potentials of late endothelial progenitor cells

Hong Li, Xiaoyun Zhang, Xiumei Guan, Xiaodong Cui, Yuliang Wang, Hairong Chu, Min Cheng

Open Access Study protocol

Effects of a vildagliptin/metformin combination on markers of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and inflammation in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease

Robert Klempfner, Jonathan Leor, Alexander Tenenbaum, Enrique Z Fisman, Ilan Goldenberg

Open Access Original investigation

Potential association between coronary artery disease and the inflammatory biomarker YKL-40 in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Hyun Min Kim, Byung-Wan Lee, Young-Mi Song, Won Jin Kim, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Dong-Hoon Choi, Hee Tae Yu, EunSeok Kang, Bong Soo Cha, Hyun Chul Lee

Open Access Original investigation

Vitamin D supplementation as an adjuvant therapy for patients with T2DM: an 18-month prospective interventional study

Nasser M Al-Daghri, Khalid M Alkharfy, Abdulaziz Al-Othman, Emad El-Kholie, Osama Moharram, Majed S Alokail, Yousef Al-Saleh, Shaun Sabico, Sudhesh Kumar, George P Chrousos

Open Access Original investigation

Uncoupling protein 2 gene polymorphisms are associated with obesity

Sukma Oktavianthi, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Clarissa A Febinia, Ketut Suastika, Made R Saraswati, Pande Dwipayana, Wibowo Arindrarto, Herawati Sudoyo, Safarina G Malik

Open Access Original investigation

Comparative vascular responses three months after paclitaxel and everolimus-eluting stent implantation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic porcine coronary arteries

Alexander Sheehy, Steven Hsu, Amelie Bouchard, Pablo Lema, Claudine Savard, Louis-Georges Guy, Julie Tai, Igor Polyakov

Open Access Original investigation

Using the spring constant method to analyze arterial elasticity in type 2 diabeticpatients

Ching-Chuan Wei, Shu-Wen Huang, Cho-Tsan Bau

Open Access Original investigation

GLUT4, GLUT1, and GLUT8 are the dominant GLUT transcripts expressed in the murine left ventricle

Lauren Aerni-Flessner, Melissa Abi-Jaoude, Amanda Koenig, Maria Payne, Paul W Hruz

Open Access Original investigation

Development of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke in relation to fasting and 2-hour plasma glucose levels in the normal range

Feng Ning, Lei Zhang, Jacqueline M Dekker, Altan Onat, Coen DA Stehouwer, John S Yudkin, Tiina Laatikainen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Kalevi Pyörälä, Qing Qiao

Open Access Original investigation

Alterations of specific biomarkers of metabolic pathways in vascular tree from patients with Type 2 diabetes

Bernal-Lopez M Rosa, Llorente-Cortes Vicenta, Gomez-Carrillo Victor, Lopez-Carmona Dolores, Calleja Fernando, Gomez-Huelgas Ricardo, Badimon Lina, Tinahones Francisco J

Open Access Original investigation

Shadow of diabetes over cardiovascular disease: comparative quantification of population-attributable all-cause and cardiovascular mortality

Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Farzad Hadaegh, Farhad Sheikholeslami, Arash Ghanbarian, Fereidoun Azizi

Open Access Study protocol

Let’s prevent diabetes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention in a multi-ethnic UK population with screen detected impaired glucose regulation

Laura J Gray, Kamlesh Khunti, Sian Williams, Stephanie Goldby, Jacqui Troughton, Thomas Yates, Alastair Gray, Melanie J Davies

Open Access Original investigation

ROCK inhibitor fasudil attenuated high glucose-induced MCP-1 and VCAM-1 expression and monocyte-endothelial cell adhesion

Hailing Li, Wenhui Peng, Weixia Jian, Yuanmin Li, Qi Li, Weiming Li, Yawei Xu

Open Access Review

Effects of diabetes on myocardial infarct size and cardioprotection by preconditioning and postconditioning

Takayuki Miki, Takahito Itoh, Daisuke Sunaga, Tetsuji Miura

Open Access Original investigation

Ginkgo biloba extract reduces high-glucose-induced endothelial adhesion by inhibiting the redox-dependent interleukin-6 pathways

Jia-Shiong Chen, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Po-Hsun Huang, Hsiao-Ya Tsai, Yuh-Lien Chen, Shing-Jong Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen

Open Access Original investigation

Determinants of uncontrolled hypertension in adult type 2 diabetes mellitus: an analysis of the Malaysian diabetes registry 2009

Boon How Chew, Ismail Mastura, Sazlina Shariff-Ghazali, Ping Yein Lee, Ai Theng Cheong, Zaiton Ahmad, Sri Wahyu Taher, Jamaiyah Haniff, Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Mohd Adam Bujang

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of Exenatide vs. Metformin on endothelial function in obese patients with pre-diabetes: a randomized trial

Aaron S Kelly, Richard M Bergenstal, J Michael Gonzalez-Campoy, Harold Katz, Alan J Bank

Open Access Original investigation

The CTGF gene −945 G/C polymorphism is not associated with cardiac or kidney complications in subjects with type 2 diabetes

Sheila K Patel, Bryan Wai, Richard J MacIsaac, Sharon Grant, Elena Velkoska, Michelle Ord, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, George Jerums, Piyush M Srivastava, Louise M Burrell

Open Access Original investigation

Latent associations of low serum amylase with decreased plasma insulin levels and insulin resistance in asymptomatic middle-aged adults

Toshitaka Muneyuki, Kei Nakajima, Atsushi Aoki, Masashi Yoshida, Hiroshi Fuchigami, Hiromi Munakata, San-e Ishikawa, Hitoshi Sugawara, Masanobu Kawakami, Shin-ichi Momomura, Masafumi Kakei

Open Access Original investigation

Reduced lung function is independently associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes in Korean men

Chang-Hee Kwon, Eun-Jung Rhee, Jae-Uk Song, Jung-Tae Kim, Hyon Joo Kwag, Ki-Chul Sung

Open Access Original investigation

Insulin resistance predicts progression of de novo atherosclerotic plaques in patients with coronary heart disease: a one-year follow-up study

Xuanqi An, Dong Yu, Ruiyan Zhang, Jinzhou Zhu, Run Du, Yuhang Shi, Xiaowei Xiong

Open Access Original investigation

GLUT4 content decreases along with insulin resistance and high levels of inflammatory markers in rats with metabolic syndrome

Natalia M Leguisamo, Alexandre M Lehnen, Ubiratan F Machado, Maristela M Okamoto, Melissa M Markoski, Graziela H Pinto, Beatriz D Schaan

Open Access Original investigation

High levels of lipoprotein(a) are associated with a lower prevalence of diabetes with advancing age: Results of a cross-sectional epidemiological survey in Gran Canaria, Spain

Mauro Boronat, Pedro Saavedra, Nuria Pérez-Martín, María J López-Madrazo, Carlos Rodríguez-Pérez, Francisco J Nóvoa

Open Access Original investigation

The association of insulin resistance and carotid atherosclerosis with thigh and calf circumference in patients with type 2 diabetes

Jong Suk Park, Min Ho Cho, Chul Woo Ahn, Kyung Rae Kim, Kap Bum Huh

Open Access Original investigation

Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is an indicator for coronary artery stenosis in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients: its assessment by cardiac magnetic resonance

Hyun Min Kim, Kwang Joon Kim, Hye-Jeong Lee, Hee Tae Yu, Jae Hoon Moon, Eun Seok Kang, Bong Soo Cha, Hyun Chul Lee, Byung-Wan Lee, Young Jin Kim

Open Access Original investigation

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and food restriction in diabetic mice do not correct the increased sensitivity for ischemia-reperfusion injury

Gerry Van der Mieren, Ines Nevelsteen, Annelies Vanderper, Wouter Oosterlinck, Willem Flameng, Paul Herijgers

Open Access Original investigation

Insulin resistance and exercise tolerance in heart failure patients: linkage to coronary flow reserve and peripheral vascular function

Martin Snoer, Tea Monk-Hansen, Rasmus Huan Olsen, Lene Rørholm Pedersen, Lene Simonsen, Hanne Rasmusen, Flemming Dela, Eva Prescott

Open Access Original investigation

Prognostic implications of surrogate markers of atherosclerosis in low to intermediate risk patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Kui-Kai Lau, Yuen-Kwun Wong, Yap-Hang Chan, Kai-Hang Yiu, Kay-Cheong Teo, Leonard Sheung-Wai Li, Shu-Leong Ho, Koon-Ho Chan, Chung-Wah Siu, Hung-Fat Tse

Open Access Original investigation

Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and clinical outcomes in diabetic patients following coronary artery stenting

Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian, Hamidreza Goodarzynejad, Mohammad Ali Boroumand, Mojtaba Salarifar, Farzad Masoudkabir, Mohammad Reza Mohajeri-Tehrani, Hamidreza Pourhoseini, Saeed Sadeghian, Narges Ramezanpour, Mohammad Alidoosti, Elham Hakki, Soheil Saadat, Ebrahim Nematipour

Open Access Original investigation

Increased myocardial SERCA expression in early type 2 diabetes mellitus is insulin dependent: In vivo and in vitro data

Sabine Fredersdorf, Christian Thumann, Wolfram H Zimmermann, Roland Vetter, Tobias Graf, Andreas Luchner, Günter AJ Riegger, Heribert Schunkert, Thomas Eschenhagen, Joachim Weil

Open Access Original investigation

Blood pressure and lipid management fall far short in persons with type 2 diabetes: results from the DIAB-CORE Consortium including six German population-based studies

Ina-Maria Rückert, Michaela Schunk, Rolf Holle, Sabine Schipf, Henry Völzke, Alexander Kluttig, Karin-Halina Greiser, Klaus Berger, Grit Müller, Ute Ellert, Hannelore Neuhauser, Wolfgang Rathmann, Teresa Tamayo, Susanne Moebus, Silke Andrich, Christa Meisinger

Open Access Original investigation

Estimation of plasma apolipoprotein B concentration using routinely measured lipid biochemical tests in apparently healthy Asian adults

Dong-Sik Cho, Sookyoung Woo, Seonwoo Kim, Christopher D Byrne, Joon-Hyuk Kong, Ki-Chul Sung

Open Access Original investigation

High fat diet-induced glucose intolerance impairs myocardial function, but not myocardial perfusion during hyperaemia: a pilot study

Charissa E van den Brom, Carolien SE Bulte, B Margreet Kloeze, Stephan A Loer, Christa Boer, R Arthur Bouwman

Open Access Original investigation

Ambulatory ECG-based T-wave alternans and heart rate turbulence can predict cardiac mortality in patients with myocardial infarction with or without diabetes mellitus

Ren Li-na, Fang Xin-hui, Ren Li-dong, Gong Jian, Wang Yong-quan, Qi Guo-xian

Open Access Original investigation

Efficacy of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, on body weight, eating behavior, and glycemic control, in Japanese obese type 2 diabetes

Yuya Fujishima, Norikazu Maeda, Kana Inoue, Susumu Kashine, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Ayumu Hirata, Junji Kozawa, Tetsuyuki Yasuda, Kohei Okita, Akihisa Imagawa, Tohru Funahashi, Iichiro Shimomura

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of weight loss and insulin reduction on arterial stiffness in the SAVE trial

Timothy M Hughes, Andrew D Althouse, Nancy A Niemczyk, Marquis S Hawkins, Allison L Kuipers, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell

Open Access Original investigation

The association of leptin and C-reactive protein with the cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome score in Taiwanese adults

Feng-Hsiang Chiu, Chung Hsun Chuang, Wen-Cheng Li, Yi-Ming Weng, Wen-Chih Fann, Hsiang-Yun Lo, Cheng Sun, Shih-Hao Wang

Open Access Original investigation

Relation between augmentation index and adiponectin during one-year metformin treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatosis: effects beyond glucose lowering?

Marina Shargorodsky, Elena Omelchenko, Zipora Matas, Mona Boaz, Dov Gavish

Open Access Original investigation

Comparison of vildagliptin twice daily vs. sitagliptin once daily using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM): Crossover pilot study (J-VICTORIA study)

Masaya Sakamoto, Rimei Nishimura, Taiga Irako, Daisuke Tsujino, Kiyotaka Ando, Kazunori Utsunomiya

Open Access Original investigation

The effects of postprandial glucose and insulin levels on postprandial endothelial function in subjects with normal glucose tolerance

Kazunari Suzuki, Kentaro Watanabe, Shoko Futami-Suda, Hiroyuki Yano, Masayuki Motoyama, Noriaki Matsumura, Yoshimasa Igari, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakano, Kenzo Oba

Open Access Original investigation

Erythropoietin, ferritin, haptoglobin, hemoglobin and transferrin receptor in metabolic syndrome: a case control study

Päivi Hämäläinen, Juha Saltevo, Hannu Kautiainen, Pekka Mäntyselkä, Mauno Vanhala

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of olmesartan on arterial stiffness in rats with chronic renal failure

Yao-Chen Chuang, Ming-Shiou Wu, Yi-Kai Su, Kwang-Ming Fang

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction in experimental diabetic cardiomyopathy are ameliorated by alpha-lipoic acid

Chun-jun Li, Lin Lv, Hui Li, De-min Yu

Open Access Original investigation

Far infra-red therapy promotes ischemia-induced angiogenesis in diabetic mice and restores high glucose-suppressed endothelial progenitor cell functions

Po-Hsun Huang, Jaw-Wen Chen, Chih-Pei Lin, Ying-Hwa Chen, Chao-Hung Wang, Hsin-Bang Leu, Shing-Jong Lin

Open Access Original investigation

Cystatin C and asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with metabolic syndrome and normal glomerular filtration rate

Xie Qing, Wang Furong, Liu Yunxia, Zhang Jian, Wang Xuping, Gao Ling

Open Access Original investigation

The impact of serum lipids on risk for microangiopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Peter P Toth, Robert J Simko, Swetha Rao Palli, Dawn Koselleck, Ralph A Quimbo, Mark J Cziraky

Open Access Original investigation

Gender disparities in the association between epicardial adipose tissue volume and coronary atherosclerosis: A 3-dimensional cardiac computed tomography imaging study in Japanese subjects

Munkhbaatar Dagvasumberel, Michio Shimabukuro, Takeshi Nishiuchi, Junji Ueno, Shoichiro Takao, Daiju Fukuda, Yoichiro Hirata, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Takeshi Soeki, Takashi Iwase, Kenya Kusunose, Toshiyuki Niki, Koji Yamaguchi, Yoshio Taketani, Shusuke Yagi, Noriko Tomita, Hirotsugu Yamada, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Masafumi Harada, Tetsuya Kitagawa, Masataka Sata

Open Access Original investigation

Increased blood glycohemoglobin A1c levels lead to overestimation of arterial oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry in patients with type 2 diabetes

Li Jin Pu, Ying Shen, Lin Lu, Rui Yan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Wei Feng Shen

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of candesartan in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on inflammatory parameters and their relationship to pulse pressure

Masaya Sakamoto, Hirofumi Suzuki, Takeshi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Iuchi, Tsuyoshi Isaka, Noriko Sakamoto, Yosuke Kayama, Katsuyoshi Tojo, Michihiro Yoshimura, Kazunori Utsunomiya

Open Access Methodology

A confirmatory factor analysis of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents: an examination of sex and racial/ethnic differences

Matthew J Gurka, Christa L Ice, Shumei S Sun, Mark D DeBoer

Open Access Review

Postprandial hyperglycemia and endothelial function in type 2 diabetes: focus on mitiglinide

Lisa Kitasato, Taiki Tojo, Yuko Hatakeyama, Ryo Kameda, Takehiro Hashikata, Minako Yamaoka-Tojo

Open Access Original investigation

Predictive value of advanced glycation end products for the development of post-infarction heart failure: a preliminary report

Sergio Raposeiras-Roubín, Bruno K Rodiño-Janeiro, Beatriz Paradela-Dobarro, Lilian Grigorian-Shamagian, José M García-Acuña, Pablo Aguiar-Souto, Michel Jacquet-Hervet, María V Reino-Maceiras, Ezequiel Álvarez, José R González-Juanatey

Open Access Original investigation

The prognostic value of different glucose abnormalities in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated invasively

Michal Mazurek, Jacek Kowalczyk, Radoslaw Lenarczyk, Teresa Zielinska, Agnieszka Sedkowska, Patrycja Pruszkowska-Skrzep, Andrzej Swiatkowski, Beata Sredniawa, Oskar Kowalski, Lech Polonski, Krzysztof Strojek, Zbigniew Kalarus

Open Access Original investigation

Reduction of n-3 PUFAs, specifically DHA and EPA, and enhancement of peroxisomal beta-oxidation in type 2 diabetic rat heart

Lianguo Hou, Kaoqi Lian, Min Yao, Yun Shi, Xin Lu, Lijia Fang, Tianbo He, Lingling Jiang

Open Access Original investigation

Determinants of vascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes

Katerina K Naka, Katerina Papathanassiou, Aris Bechlioulis, Nikolaos Kazakos, Konstantinos Pappas, Stelios Tigas, Dimitrios Makriyiannis, Agathocles Tsatsoulis, Lampros K Michalis

Open Access Original investigation

Association between body size and blood pressure in children from different ethnic origins

Marieke LA de Hoog, Manon van Eijsden, Karien Stronks, Reinoud JBJ Gemke, Tanja GM Vrijkotte

Open Access Original investigation

Associations of the FTO rs9939609 and the MC4R rs17782313 polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes are modulated by diet, being higher when adherence to the Mediterranean diet pattern is low

Carolina Ortega-Azorín, Jose V Sorlí, Eva M Asensio, Oscar Coltell, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Maria-Isabel Covas, Fernando Arós, José Lapetra, Lluís Serra-Majem, Enrique Gómez-Gracia, Miquel Fiol, Guillermo Sáez-Tormo, Xavier Pintó, Miguel Angel Muñoz, Emilio Ros, Jose M Ordovás, Ramon Estruch, Dolores Corella

Open Access Original investigation

Sex-specific outcomes of diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention: a register linkage study

Mai Blöndal, Tiia Ainla, Toomas Marandi, Aleksei Baburin, Jaan Eha

Open Access Original investigation

Alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase ratio is the best surrogate marker for insulin resistance in non-obese Japanese adults

Ryuichi Kawamoto, Katsuhiko Kohara, Tomo Kusunoki, Yasuharu Tabara, Masanori Abe, Tetsuro Miki

Open Access Original investigation

High glucose mediates endothelial-to-chondrocyte transition in human aortic endothelial cells

Rining Tang, Min Gao, Min Wu, Hong Liu, Xiaoliang Zhang, Bicheng Liu

Open Access Original investigation

Adipocytokine levels mark endothelial function in normotensive individuals

Anna Solini, Francesco Stea, Eleonora Santini, Rosa Maria Bruno, Emiliano Duranti, Stefano Taddei, Lorenzo Ghiadoni

Open Access Original investigation

Fatty acid-binding protein 4 impairs the insulin-dependent nitric oxide pathway in vascular endothelial cells

Gemma Aragonès, Paula Saavedra, Mercedes Heras, Anna Cabré, Josefa Girona, Lluís Masana

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma NT-proBNP and white matter hyperintensities in type 2 diabetic patients

Henrik Reinhard, Ellen Garde, Arnold Skimminge, Per Åkeson, Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy, Kaj Winther, Hans-Henrik Parving, Peter Rossing, Peter K Jacobsen

Open Access Original investigation

Personal attributes that influence the adequate management of hypertension and dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. Results from the DIAB-CORE Cooperation

Ina-Maria Rückert, Werner Maier, Andreas Mielck, Sabine Schipf, Henry Völzke, Alexander Kluttig, Karin-Halina Greiser, Klaus Berger, Grit Müller, Ute Ellert, Hannelore Neuhauser, Wolfgang Rathmann, Teresa Tamayo, Susanne Moebus, Silke Andrich, Christa Meisinger

Open Access Original investigation

Improved resistance to ischemia and reperfusion, but impaired protection by ischemic preconditioning in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a pilot study

Richard Engbersen, Niels P Riksen, Marc J Mol, Bert Bravenboer, Otto C Boerman, Patrick Meijer, Wim JG Oyen, Cees Tack, Gerard A Rongen, Paul Smits

Open Access Original investigation

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in insulin resistance, weight regulation, lipid metabolism and inflammation in relation to metabolic syndrome: an epidemiological study

Cécile M Povel, Jolanda MA Boer, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Martijn ET Dollé, Edith JM Feskens, Yvonne T van der Schouw

Open Access Original investigation

Both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular comorbidity are related to health status in well-controlled type 2 diabetes patients: a cross-sectional analysis

Paulien R Wermeling, Kees J Gorter, Henk F van Stel, Guy EHM Rutten

Open Access Original investigation

Oral antidiabetic treatment in type-2 diabetes in the elderly: balancing the need for glucose control and the risk of hypoglycemia

Peter Bramlage, Anselm K Gitt, Christiane Binz, Michael Krekler, Evelin Deeg, Diethelm Tschöpe

Open Access Original investigation

Several genetic polymorphisms interact with overweight/obesity to influence serum lipid levels

Rui-Xing Yin, Dong-Feng Wu, Lin Miao, Lynn Htet Htet Aung, Xiao-Li Cao, Ting-Ting Yan, Xing-Jiang Long, Wan-Ying Liu, Lin Zhang, Meng Li

Open Access Original investigation

The role of mediastinal adipose tissue 11β-hydroxysteroid d ehydrogenase type 1 and glucocorticoid expression in the development of coronary atherosclerosis in obese patients with ischemic heart disease

Fatmahan Atalar, Selcuk Gormez, Baris Caynak, Gokce Akan, Gamze Tanriverdi, Sema Bilgic-Gazioglu, Demet Gunay, Cihan Duran, Belhhan Akpinar, Ugur Ozbek, Ahmet Sevim Buyukdevrim, Zeliha Yazici

Open Access Original investigation

Joint relationship between renal function and proteinuria on mortality of patients with type 2 diabetes: The Taichung Diabetes Study

Cheng-Chieh Lin, Ching-Chu Chen, Pei-Tseng Kung, Chia-Ing Li, Sing-Yu Yang, Chiu-Shong Liu, Wen-Yuan Lin, Cheng-Chun Lee, Tsai-Chung Li, Sharon LR Kardia

Open Access Original investigation

Erythropoietin attenuates cardiac dysfunction by increasing myocardial angiogenesis and inhibiting interstitial fibrosis in diabetic rats

Jing Lu, Yu-yu Yao, Qi-ming Dai, Gen-shan Ma, Shu-feng Zhang, Lei Cao, Li-qun Ren, Nai-feng Liu

Open Access Original investigation

Telmisartan ameliorates insulin sensitivity by activating the AMPK/SIRT1 pathway in skeletal muscle of obese db/db mice

Asuka Shiota, Michio Shimabukuro, Daiju Fukuda, Takeshi Soeki, Hiromi Sato, Etsuko Uematsu, Yoichiro Hirata, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Norikazu Maeda, Hiroshi Sakaue, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Iichiro Shimomura, Masataka Sata

Open Access Original investigation

Impact of ADMA, endothelial progenitor cells and traditional cardiovascular risk factors on pulse wave velocity among prediabetic individuals

Ioannis Protopsaltis, Stefanos Foussas, Angeliki Angelidi, Angelos Gritzapis, Theodoros Ν Sergentanis, Spyros Matsagos, Konstantinos Tzirogiannis, Georgios I Panoutsopoulos, Georgios Dimitriadis, Sotirios Raptis, Andreas Melidonis

Open Access Original investigation

Gender disparities in diabetes and coronary heart disease medication among patients with type 2 diabetes: results from the DIANA study

Heike U Krämer, Elke Raum, Gernot Rüter, Ben Schöttker, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Thomas Rosemann, Joachim Szecsenyi, Hermann Brenner

Open Access Original investigation

Efficacy and safety comparison between liraglutide as add-on therapy to insulin and insulin dose-increase in Chinese subjects with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes and abdominal obesity

Chun-jun Li, Jing Li, Qiu-mei Zhang, Lin Lv, Rui Chen, Chun-feng Lv, Pei Yu, De-min Yu

Open Access Study protocol

Structured self-management education maintained over two years in insufficiently controlled type 2 diabetes patients: the ERMIES randomised trial in Reunion Island

Xavier Debussche, Fidéline Collin, Adrian Fianu, Maryvette Balcou-Debussche, Isabelle Fouet-Rosiers, Michèle Koleck, François Favier

Open Access Original investigation

Higher normal ranges of urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio are independently associated with carotid intima-media thickness

Sun-Seog Kweon, Min-Ho Shin, Young-Hoon Lee, Jin-Su Choi, Hae-Sung Nam, Kyeong-Soo Park, Do-Hyung Kim, Seul-Ki Jeong

Open Access Original investigation

Obestatin induced recovery of myocardial dysfunction in type 1 diabetic rats: underlying mechanisms

Manuela Aragno, Raffaella Mastrocola, Corrado Ghé, Elisa Arnoletti, Eleonora Bassino, Giuseppe Alloatti, Giampiero Muccioli

Open Access Original investigation

Associations of sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone with diabetes among men and women (the Saku Diabetes study): a case control study

Atsushi Goto, Akemi Morita, Maki Goto, Satoshi Sasaki, Motohiko Miyachi, Naomi Aiba, Yasuo Terauchi, Mitsuhiko Noda, Shaw Watanabe

Open Access Original investigation

Zinc-induced cardiomyocyte relaxation in a rat model of hyperglycemia is independent of myosin isoform

Ting Yi, Yaser Cheema, Sarah M Tremble, Stephen P Bell, Zengyi Chen, Meenakumari Subramanian, Martin M LeWinter, Peter VanBuren, Bradley M Palmer

Open Access Original investigation

Association between 9p21 genetic variants and mortality risk in a prospective cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes (ZODIAC-15)

Gijs WD Landman, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Nanne Kleefstra, Kornelis JJ van Hateren, Iefke Drion, Klaas H Groenier, Rijk OB Gans, Harold Snieder, Marten H Hofker, Henk JG Bilo

Open Access Original investigation

Regional evidence of modulation of cardiac adiponectin level in dilated cardiomyopathy: pilot study in a porcine animal model

Chiara Caselli, Vincenzo Lionetti, Manuela Cabiati, Tommaso Prescimone, Giovanni D Aquaro, Virginia Ottaviano, Fabio Bernini, Letizia Mattii, Silvia Del Ry, Daniela Giannessi

Open Access Original investigation

Overexpression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in rat aortic endothelial cells attenuates palmitic acid-induced inflammation and reduction in nitric oxide bioavailability

Dai Tian, Yanyan Qiu, Yongkun Zhan, Xiaobo Li, Xiuling Zhi, Xinhong Wang, Lianhua Yin, Yanxia Ning

Open Access Original investigation

Myocardial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: role of endothelial progenitor cells and oxidative stress

Chun Ting Zhao, Mei Wang, Chung Wah Siu, Ying Long Hou, Tian Wang, Hung Fat Tse, Kai Hang Yiu

Open Access Study protocol

Detecting DNA synthesis of neointimal formation after catheter balloon injury in GK and in Wistar rats: using 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine

Jingsheng Guo, Dongye Li, Shiru Bai, Tongda Xu, Zhongmin Zhou, Yanbin Zhang

Open Access Original investigation

The metabolic syndrome and progression of carotid atherosclerosis over 13 years. The Tromsø study

Marit Herder, Kjell Arne Arntzen, Stein Harald Johnsen, Ellisiv B Mathiesen

Open Access Original investigation

Early signs of atherosclerosis are associated with insulin resistance in non-obese adolescent and young adults with type 1 diabetes

Björn Rathsman, Stefan Rosfors, Åke Sjöholm, Thomas Nyström

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma vitamin D and parathormone are associated with obesity and atherogenic dyslipidemia: a cross-sectional study

Alba Guasch, Mònica Bulló, Antoni Rabassa, Anna Bonada, Daniel Del Castillo, Fàtima Sabench, Jordi Salas-Salvadó

Open Access Original investigation

Signs of dysregulated fibrinolysis precede the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a population-based study

Jenny Hernestål-Boman, Margareta Norberg, Jan-Hakan Jansson, Mats Eliasson, Jan W Eriksson, Bernt Lindahl, Lars Johansson

Open Access Original investigation

Olmesartan/amlodipine/hydrochlorothiazide in participants with hypertension and diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or chronic cardiovascular disease: a subanalysis of the multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group TRINITY study

Dean J Kereiakes, Steven G Chrysant, Joseph L Izzo Jr, Thomas Littlejohn III, Michael Melino, James Lee, Victor Fernandez, Reinilde Heyrman

Open Access Original investigation

Principal component analysis reveals gender-specific predictors of cardiometabolic risk in 6th graders

Mark D Peterson, Dongmei Liu, Heidi B IglayReger, William A Saltarelli, Paul S Visich, Paul M Gordon

Open Access Study protocol

Achievement of recommended glucose and blood pressure targets in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in clinical practice – study rationale and protocol of DIALOGUE

Anselm K Gitt, Roland E Schmieder, Eva Duetting, Peter Bramlage, Steffen Schneider, Diethelm Tschöpe

Open Access Original investigation

Heterogeneous behavior of lipids according to HbA1c levels undermines the plausibility of metabolic syndrome in type 1 diabetes: data from a nationwide multicenter survey

Fernando MA Giuffrida, Alexis D Guedes, Eloa R Rocco, Denise B Mory, Patricia Dualib, Odelisa S Matos, Reine M Chaves-Fonseca, Roberta A Cobas, Carlos Antonio Negrato, Marilia B Gomes, Sergio A Dib

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Angiotensin II type 1 and type 2 receptor expression in circulating monocytes of diabetic and hypercholesterolemic patients over 3-month rosuvastatin treatment

Franca Marino, Andrea Maria Maresca, Marco Cosentino, Luana Castiglioni, Emanuela Rasini, Christian Mongiardi, Ramona C Maio, Massimiliano Legnaro, Laura Schembri, Francesco Dentali, Anna Maria Grandi, Luigina Guasti

Open Access Original investigation

Clinical significance of troponin elevations in acute decompensated diabetes without clinical acute coronary syndrome

Anthony Eubanks, Farhan Raza, Mohamad Alkhouli, April N Glenn, Carol Homko, Abul Kashem, Alfred Bove

Open Access Original investigation

Alpha-lipoic acid attenuates cardiac fibrosis in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats

Jung Eun Lee, Chin-ok Yi, Byeong Tak Jeon, Hyun Joo Shin, Soo Kyoung Kim, Tae Sik Jung, Jun Young Choi, Gu Seob Roh

Open Access Original investigation

Adiponectin, diabetes and ischemic heart failure: a challenging relationship

Samuele Baldasseroni, Alessandro Antenore, Claudia Di Serio, Francesco Orso, Giuseppe Lonetto, Nadia Bartoli, Alice Foschini, Andrea Marella, Alessandra Pratesi, Salvatore Scarantino, Stefano Fumagalli, Matteo Monami, Edoardo Mannucci, Niccolò Marchionni, Francesca Tarantini