DPP4 Activities Are Associated with Osteopenia/Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Min Qiu, Shuheng Zhai, Da Liu

“…Recent studies have shown the beneficial effect of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor on bone turnover in diabetes mellitus. However, little clinical evidence for DPP4 activity in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes is available. …”
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Expression of Duodenal Iron Transporter Proteins in Diabetic Patients with and without Iron Deficiency Anemia by Efrat Broide, Ram Reifen, Shay Matalon, Zipi Berkovich, Haim Shirin

“…The role of iron transport proteins in the pathogenesis of anemia in patients with diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is still unclear. We investigated the expression of duodenal transporter proteins in diabetic patients with and without iron deficiency anemia (IDA). …”
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Navigating the neurovascular maze of trigeminal neuralgia by Devyansh Nimodia, MBBS, Pratapsingh Hanuman Parihar, MD, Sakshi Dudhe, MBBS, Ravishankar Patil, MD, Paritosh N. Bhangale, MBBS, Rishitha Kotla, MBBS

“…A 65-year-old female patient with a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with a severe, paroxysmal headache and lancinating pain localized to the right facial regions corresponding to the V2 and V3 trigeminal distributions, persisting for 3 years. …”
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A 14-Year Retrospective Analysis of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in a Tertiary Referral Center of Southern Thailand by Patama Bhurayanontachai, Phingphan Klongthanakit

“…Systemic comorbidities presented in 66.7% of the patients, the majority of which were related to diabetes mellitus (48.1%). The most common primary infection was a urinary tract infection. …”
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The Effects of Alpha Interferon on the Development of Autoimmune Thyroiditis in the NOD H2h4 Mouse by Yael Oppenheim, Grace Kim, Yoshiyuki Ban, Pamela Unger, Erlinda Concepcion, Takao Ando, Yaron Tomer

“…None of the mice developed clinical thyroiditis or diabetes mellitus. Our results showed that αIFN treatment did not accelerate thyroiditis in this mouse model. …”
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Risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury after cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: a meta-analysis and systematic review by Dengzhuo Chen, Yongli Ma, Jinghui Li, Liang Wen, Linfeng Liu, Guosheng Zhang, Hongkai Hu, Chengzhi Huang, Xueqing Yao

“…The results of meta-analysis showed that the significant preoperative risk factors were age, sex, BMI, eGFR, Hb, PCI, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. IO cisplatin, IO SBP < 100 was identified as an intraoperative risk factor, whereas IO mitomycin emerged as a protective factor for postoperative AKI. …”
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Study on the Correlation of Skin Advanced Glycation End Products With Diabetic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy by Fang Y, Dai W, Cao Y

“…Factors affecting DCAN and those related to skin AGE accumulation in patients with DCAN were analyzed.Materials and Methods: A total of 192 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who were hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology of Hefei Second People’s Hospital from November 2020 to December 2022 were included and divided into DCAN (n=121) and No_DCAN (n=71) groups based on the results of Ewing test. …”
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High Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Jer-Chuan Li, Du-An Wu, Jia-Sian Hou, Yi-Maun Subeq, Hsin-Dean Chen, Bang-Gee Hsu

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between A-FABP concentration and MetS in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. Fasting blood samples were obtained from 165 type 2 DM volunteers. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Emergency Department by Yongsoon Choi, Jin Hui Paik, Ji Hye Kim, Seung Baik Han, Areum Durey

“…Multiple logistic regression showed that respiratory tract infection was an independent risk factor for Pseudomonas bacteremia (OR 6.56, 95% CI 1.78-23.06; p = 0.004), whereas underlying diabetes mellitus (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.07-0.61; p = 0.004) and presentation as urinary tract infection (OR 0.06, 95% CI 0.02-0.18; p < 0.001) were negative clinical predictors. …”
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Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exert In Vitro Immunomodulatory and Beta Cell Protective Functions in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice Model by Hossein Rahavi, Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi, Masoud Soleimani, Jamal Mohammadi, Nader Tajik

“…Regenerative and immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) might be applied for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) treatment. Thus, we proposed in vitro assessment of adipose tissue-derived MSCs (AT-MSCs) immunomodulation on autoimmune response along with beta cell protection in streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic C57BL/6 mice model. …”
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Bilateral Testicular Infarction from IgA Vasculitis of the Spermatic Cords by Mazen Toushan, Ashka Atodaria, Stephen D. Lynch, Hassan D. Kanaan, Limin Yu, Mitual B. Amin, Mamon Tahhan, Ping L. Zhang, Paul S. Kellerman, Abhishek Swami

“…A 51-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to the emergency room with increasing bilateral leg pain, rash, and scrotal swelling with pain. …”
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Establishing Differences in Thermographic Patterns between the Various Complications in Diabetic Foot Disease by Alfred Gatt, Owen Falzon, Kevin Cassar, Christian Ellul, Kenneth P. Camilleri, Jean Gauci, Stephen Mizzi, Anabelle Mizzi, Cassandra Sturgeon, Liberato Camilleri, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Cynthia Formosa

“…To evaluate the potential of thermography as an assessment tool for the detection of foot complications by understanding the variations in temperature that occur in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods. Participants were categorized according to a medical examination, ankle brachial index, doppler waveform analysis, and 10-gram monofilament testing into five groups: healthy adult, DM with no complications, DM with peripheral neuropathy, DM with neuroischaemia, and DM with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) groups. …”
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Ruellia tuberosa L. Extract Improves Histopathology and Lowers Malondialdehyde Levels and TNF Alpha Expression in the Kidney of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats by Anna Roosdiana, Fajar Shodiq Permata, Riera Indah Fitriani, Khairul Umam, Anna Safitri

“…In this study, male Wistar rats were divided into 5 groups: healthy rats (group 1), diabetic rats (group 2), and treated rats which received extract at dosages of 250 (group 3), 375 (group 4), and 500 (group 5) mg/kg body weight for 21 days. Diabetes mellitus was experimentally induced by the administration of five doses of streptozotocin 20 mg/kg body weight within five consecutive days. …”
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Application of ursodeoxycholic acid at non-alcoholic and alcohol-induced steatohepatitis by Ye. A. Fedos’ina, M. V. Mayevskaya

“…In the case of NASH itself, developed on a background of obesity, diabetes mellitus, keeping a diet in a combination with the adequate physical activity is effective, that results in gradual normalization of body weight. …”
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Diabetes self-management education interventions in the WHO African Region: A scoping review. by Emmanuel Kumah, Godfred Otchere, Samuel Egyakwa Ankomah, Adam Fusheini, Collins Kokuro, Kofi Aduo-Adjei, Joseph A Amankwah

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the commonest chronic diseases worldwide. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 at Case Hospital, Uganda by Mirriam Apiyo, Ronald Olum, Amina Kabuye, Betty Khainza, Anne M. Amate, Vittal Byabashaija, Derrick Nomujuni, Kato Sebbaale, Peter Senfuka, Simon Kazibwe, Gurav Sharma, Lindsay Davidson, Felix Bongomin

“…Factors strongly associated with all-cause mortality were as follows: age >50 years (odds ratio [OR]: 8.6, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1–69.2, and p=0.042), having at least 1 comorbidity (OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.1–8.9, and p=0.029), hypertension (OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.2–8.6, and p=0.024), diabetes mellitus (OR: 2.9, 95% CI: 1.0–8.5, andp=0.056), and oxygen saturation <92% (OR: 5.1, 95% CI: 1.8–14.4, and p=0.002). …”
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Рerioperative period of high-risk patients with coronary artery disease by O.K. Gogayeva

“…Among comorbid conditions, type 2 diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 50 (25.7 %) patients, impaired glucose tolerance – in 82 (42.2 %) patients, obesity – in 74 (38.1 %) patients, 86 (44.3 %) patients were overweight with a body mass index 25–29.9 kg/m2, and 75 (38.6 %) patients were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. …”
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Peer support and social networking interventions in diabetes self-management in Kenya and Uganda: A scoping review. by Habil Otanga, Brian Semujju, Lynn Mwaniki, Justus Aungo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Diabetes mellitus is a growing worldwide health challenge especially in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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A Retrospective Research of the Characteristic of Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis in Beijing, China by Wei-Ping Tai, Xiang-Chun Lin, Hong Liu, Cang-Hai Wang, Jing Wu, Neng-Wei Zhang, Wei Chen

“…The proportion of severe AP was 31.0% and 26.2%, mortality 1.6% and 1.2%, comorbidity of diabetes mellitus (DM) 20.6% and 6.5% in two groups. The number of complications of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in HTG group and biliary group was 1, 1, and 2 versus 4, 12, and 4. …”
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Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in the Development of Early Diabetic Retinopathy by Qiaoyun Gong, Jia’nan Xie, Yang Liu, Ying Li, Guanfang Su

“…The pathological mechanisms of diabetic retinopathy (DR), a leading cause of blindness in adults with diabetes mellitus, remain incompletely understood. Because microRNAs (miRNAs) represent effective DR therapeutic targets, we identified aberrantly expressed miRNAs associated with cellular dysfunction in early DR and detected their potential targets. …”
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