Continuous Inhibition of Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Leads to Differentiation of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Functional Insulin-Producing β Cells by Song Lee, Jae Hyun Joo, Ju Yun Oh, Eun Ha Seo, Yang Hee Kim, Eunsung Jun, In Kyong Shim, Song Cheol Kim

“…Human-induced pluripotent stem cell- (iPSC-) derived insulin-producing cells (IPCs) can be used for islet cell transplantation into type 1 diabetic patients and as patient-specific cells for the development of novel antidiabetic drugs. …”
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Comparison of Mortality between Japanese Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis Patients: A 5-Year Multicenter Follow-Up Study by Kazuko Suzuki, Tsuneo Konta, Kazunobu Ichikawa, Ami Ikeda, Hiroki Niino, Masato Hoshikawa, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Hiroshi Abiko, Minoru Ito, Ikuto Masakane, Tomohito Matsunaga, Kosuke Kudo, Hiroko Sato, Noriyuki Degawa, Isao Kubota

“…We recruited 83 background-matched peritoneal dialysis (PD) and 83 hemodialysis (HD) patients (average age, 64.9 years; men, 53.6%; diabetic patients, 22.9%; median duration of dialysis, 48 months in all patients) and followed them for 5 years. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of Subcutaneous Lactate Measurement in Patients after Major Cardiac Surgery by Martin Ellmerer, Martin Haluzik, Jan Blaha, Jaromir Kremen, Stepan Svacina, Andreas Plasnik, Dimas Ikeoka, Manfred Bodenlenz, Lukas Schaupp, Johannes Plank, Thomas R. Pieber

“…Minimally invasive techniques to access subcutaneous adipose tissue for glucose monitoring are successfully applied in type1 diabetic and critically ill patients. During critical illness, the addition of a lactate sensor might enhance prognosis and early intervention. …”
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The Antibacterial Effect of Tinospora Cordifolia (Guduchi) and Its Role in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance by Kavitha EZHILARASU, Anand KASIRANJAN, Shanmuga PRIYA, Anand KAMARAJ

“…Objective: Tinospora cordifolia, often known as 'Guduchi,' has a variety of medicinal characteristics, including those that are anti-diabetic, antiinflammatory, anti-periodic, anti-arthritic, anti-oxidant, anti-allergic, and anti-stress. …”
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Mucor and Aspergillus Maxillary Bone and Sinuses coinfection in a woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report by Hassan Mir Mohammad Sadeghi, Azin Kheradmand, Simin Dokht Shoaei

“…Background: Mucorales and Aspergillus have invasive fungal infections with high mortality, mainly in immunocompromised and diabetic patients. The diagnosis is microbiological and pathological, with a strong clinical suspicion. …”
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The relationship between kidney disease and mitochondria: a bibliometric study by Jueyi Mao, Cuifang Li, Feifeng Wu, Yang Wang, Junquan Zhu, Chuan Wen

“…We found that research in this field has shifted from disease-level studies to mechanism-based studies, with the most prominent disease being diabetic nephropathy and the most prominent pathogenic mechanism being related to mitochondrial ROS production.Conclusion The bibliometric analysis provided a comprehensive understanding of the progress of research on the role of mitochondria in kidney disease, enriching the review literature in this field.…”
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Cat Scratch Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge in Cervical Lymphadenopathy by Bipin Kishore Prasad, Yamuna Ranganathan, Gunjan Dwivedi, Devika Gupta

“…Case report: A 44 years old diabetic female, presented with persistent fever for 15 days followed by 4x4cm, tender tense swelling in left parotid region extending into upper neck. …”
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Hypertension Management in Brazil: Usual Practice in Primary Care—A Meta-Analysis by Rafael V. Picon, Juvenal S. Dias-da-Costa, Flavio D. Fuchs, Maria Teresa A. Olinto, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Sandra C. Fuchs

“…Three datasets’ data were analyzed: SESI study (in Brazilian workers); HIPERDIA (Brazilian Registration and Monitoring of Hypertensive and Diabetic Patients Program); and a population-based study. …”
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Photobiomodulation in ocular therapy: current status and future perspectives by Hasan Chichan, Iftkhar Hamzah Aldujaly, Konstantinos Michalakis, Levent Kanal

“…This review specifically targets the treatment of retinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, myopia and acute retinal light injury with photobiomodulation. …”
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Quality of Life in Painful Peripheral Neuropathies: A Systematic Review by Ayesha Girach, Thomas Henry Julian, Giustino Varrassi, Antonella Paladini, Athina Vadalouka, Panagiotis Zis

“…The vast majority of studies (n=47) focused on patients with diabetic PN. Other aetiologies of painful PN where QoL has been studied to date include gluten, immune-mediated, HIV, chemotherapy-induced, and chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy. …”
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Potential guidelines for cataract surgery and rehabilitation in visually impaired patients: Literature analysis by Paolo Giuseppe Limoli, Celeste Limoli, Marcella Nebbioso

“…The most common causes of low vision include age‐related macular degeneration (AMD), high myopia (HM), diabetic retinopathy (DR), glaucoma (GL), and inherited degenerative ocular diseases. …”
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New Insights into the Role of Metformin Effects on Serum Omentin-1 Levels in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cross-Sectional Study by Hayder M. Alkuraishy, Ali I. Al-Gareeb

“…Metformin pharmacotherapy increases omentin-1 serum levels and may be regarded as a potential agent in the prevention of the occurrences of acute MI in diabetic patients.…”
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Acute Stroke Management and Outcome: An Experience from One Private Tertiary Care Center in Eastern India by Debabrata Chakraborty, Devarati Biswas, Sakshi Puri, Abdul Malik, Shagufta Eqbal, Insha Aleena, Ritwika Ghosh, Sadanand Dey, Priyanjita Sen, Sucharita Paul

“…Results: We included 366 patients and found that 74% were hypertensives and 50% were diabetics. We thrombolyzed 24 patients and performed mechanical thrombectomy on eight of them. …”
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Discriminative, generative artificial intelligence, and foundation models in retina imaging by Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, Niracha Arjkongharn, Nattaporn Vongsa, Pawin Pakaymaskul, Natsuda Kaothanthong

“…Many studies found better performance of ViT, compared to CNN, for common tasks such as diabetic retinopathy screening on color fundus photographs (CFP) and segmentation of retinal fluid on optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. …”
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Description of the physical activity promotion programs funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health by Tales Amorim, Alan Knuth, Danielle Cruz, Deborah Malta, Rodrigo Reis, Pedro Hallal

“…Most interventions (76.9%) focused on older adults, and 59.2% of them were designed for hypertensive and diabetic patients. Oriented walking was the most prevalent offered activity (80.6%), followed by gym classes (78.5%). …”
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Musculoskeletal Corticosteroid Injection during COVID-19 Pandemic in Sabah: Is It Safe? by Mohamad Azwan Aziz, Redzal Abu Hanifah, Azmi Mohamed Mohd Nahar

“…Thirty-five patients who responded to the call were included, with mean ages of 47.9 years ± 15.1. 52% were male respondents, while 48% were female. 25% of them were diabetics, and 2.9% of them had a history of lymphoproliferative disorders. …”
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Determinants of Tuberculosis Infection among Adult HIV Positives Attending Clinical Care in Western Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Hatoluf Melkamu, Berhanu Seyoum, Yadeta Dessie

“…Being divorced/widowed , 95% CI (1.70, 7.88), not attending formal education , 95% CI (2.20, 14.15), being underweight ( kg/m2) , 95% CI (2.18, 6.87), having history of diabetic mellitus , 95% CI (1.33, 9.94), and being in advanced WHO HIV/AIDS clinical staging , 95% CI (1.32, 3.98), were determinant factors associated with TB/HIV co-infection. …”
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Persistence of Olfactory Dysfunction in Post CoVid-19 Patients Using Sniffin Sticks-A Prospective Study by Priyanka Thangaraj, Sowmya Gajapathy, Jayita Das Poduval

“…RESULTS Total 40 eligible patients were selected. 50% of study participants were males and 60% aged 18-38 years. 3 patients were Diabetic and 3 were Hypertensive. 37 had OD of which 26 had Hyposmia and 11 had Anosmia 6 weeks Post CoVid. 22 had OD of which 14 had Hyposmia and 8 had Anosmia 10 weeks Post CoVid. 10 had persistent OD 12 weeks Post CoVid. …”
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Characterization of Site-Specific Phosphorylation of NF-κB p65 in Retinal Cells in Response to High Glucose and Cytokine Polarization by Haoshen Shi, Elizabeth A. Berger

“…Inflammation is an important contributor to the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). NF-κB is a master transcriptional regulator for numerous inflammatory genes. …”
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Canagliflozin alleviates acetaminophen-induced renal and hepatic injury in mice by modulating the p-GSK3β/Fyn-kinase/Nrf-2 and p-AMPK-α/STAT-3/SOCS-3 pathways by Abeer Bishr, Bassant M. El-Mokadem, Asmaa A. Gomaa

“…Abstract Despite the fact that canagliflozin (Cana), a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, is an anti-diabetic medication with additional effects on the kidney, there is limited experimental data to deliberate its hepato-reno-protective potentiality. …”
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