Estimation of Undiagnosed Diabetes and Pre-diabetes in People 45–75 Years in Two Blocks of Himachal Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Ashok Bhardwaj, Sanjay Kumar, Mitasha Singh, Chirag Goel

“…Objective: We aimed to estimate the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes in the population aged 45–75 years using fasting plasma glucose (FPG), oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). …”
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Dynamic localization of glucokinase and its regulatory protein in hypothalamic tanycytes. by Magdiel Salgado, Estefanía Tarifeño-Saldivia, Patricio Ordenes, Carola Millán, María José Yañez, Paula Llanos, Marcos Villagra, Roberto Elizondo-Vega, Fernando Martínez, Francisco Nualart, Elena Uribe, María de Los Angeles García-Robles

“…Glucokinase (GK), the hexokinase involved in glucose sensing in pancreatic β cells, is also expressed in hypothalamic tanycytes, which cover the ventricular walls of the basal hypothalamus and are implicated in an indirect control of neuronal activity by glucose. …”
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Physiological and pathophysiological actions of insulin in the liver by Naoto Kubota, Tetsuya Kubota, Takashi Kadowaki

“…The liver plays an important role in the control of glucose homeostasis. When insulin levels are low, such as in the fasting state, gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis are stimulated to maintain the blood glucose levels. …”
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Diet modification and metformin have a beneficial effect in a fly model of obesity and mucormycosis. by Fazal Shirazi, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Yuanqing Yan, Nathaniel Albert, Kim-Anh Do, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

“…Survival was significantly decreased (P = 0.003) in obese flies, while post-infection glucose levels were significantly increased (P = 0.0001), compared to normal-weight flies. …”
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Investigations on alloxan-lnduced diabetes in the dogs by Ali Muhtar Tiftik, Kürşat Turgut, Mehmet Gürbilek, Mutlu Sevinç

“…<p> After diabetes occured, experimental diets (low high fibre diets) periode was started. Jncreasig plasma glucose levels were determined During the low fibre diet periode whereas decreasing glucose levels determined in the high diet periode.…”
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Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Male Gender Are Associated with Diabetes Occurrence in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major by Giovanni M. Pes, Francesco Tolu, Maria P. Dore

“…However, this led to an increased risk of developing impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes. In this study we analyzed variables associated with the occurrence of impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes in patients with β-T major. …”
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A Novel Approach to Numerical Modeling of Metabolic System: Investigation of Chaotic Behavior in Diabetes Mellitus by Payam Sadeghi Shabestari, Karthikeyan Rajagopal, Bahareh Safarbali, Sajad Jafari, Prakash Duraisamy

“…Although many mathematical models have been presented for glucose and insulin interaction, none of these models can describe diabetes disease completely. …”
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Effect of Heating Method on Hydrogen Production by Biomass Gasification in Supercritical Water by Qiuhui Yan, Hong Zhang, Bingjie Sun, Liejin Guo

“…The glucose as a test sample of biomass is gasified in supercritical water with different heating methods driven by renewable solar energy. …”
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Worsens the Profile of Cardiometabolic Risk Markers and Decrease Indexes of Beta-Cell Function Independently of Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Wome... by Alina Sokup, Barbara Ruszkowska-Ciastek, Małgorzata Walentowicz-Sadłecka, Marek Grabiec, Danuta Rość

“…In pt2DM group postchallenge glucose correlated independently with hsCRP and in pGDM group fasting glucose with HOMA-IR. …”
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Encapsulated human islets in alginate fiber maintain long-term functionality by Junko Nishida, Takahiro Tsuno, Shigeharu G. Yabe, Tatsuya Kin, Satsuki Fukuda, Fujie Takeda, Jun Shirakawa, Hitoshi Okochi

“…The encapsulated islets cultured with 5.5 mM glucose, but not those with 25 mM glucose, exhibited glucose responsiveness of C-peptide secretion until day 180. …”
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Comparative effects of pravastatin and rosuvastatin on carbohydrate metabolism in an experimental diabetic rat model by Kaya Hacer Kayhan, Demirtas Berjan, Yokus Beran, Kesim Dilek Aygün, Tasdemir Ezel, Sermet Abdurrahman

“…Pravastatin, especially at a dose of 20 mg kg−1 day−1, caused significant increases in liver glycogen synthase and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase levels but significant decreases in the levels of glycogen phosphorylase, lactate dehydrogenase, and glucose-6-phosphatase. …”
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Hemoglobin A1c to Detect Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Rural Population of Wardha District in India by Shilpa Gaidhane, Ranjit Sah, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Nazli Khatib, Shital Telrandhe, Sonali Choudhari, Abhay Gaidhane

“…For 363 participants with moderate- or high-T2DM risk, we evaluated fasting plasma glucose, hemoglobin, and HbA1c. Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) were constructed for HbA1c against gold standard fasting plasma glucose and 2-h-postload glucose to determine diagnostic accuracy and cut-point values for prediabetes and T2DM. …”
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Hypoglycaemia and monitoring practices following insulin-dextrose therapy for hyperkalaemia by Samuel Ford, Julian Williams, Ian Coombes, Adam La Caze

“…Monitoring of both blood glucose levels (BGL) and potassium was suboptimal. …”
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Portable Gentle Jogger Improves Glycemic Indices in Type 2 Diabetic and Healthy Subjects Living at Home: A Pilot Study by Jose A. Adams, Veronica Banderas, Jose R. Lopez, Marvin A. Sackner

“…CGM data was analyzed at baseline (BL) and during 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 days of JD (JD 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and 1-2-day post JD (Post JD1 and 2) and the following 24 hr indices computed mean glucose (mGLu), SUM of all glucose values, % coefficient of variation (%CV), area under the 24-hour curve (AUC), time spent above range (TAR, glucose 180-250 mg/dl), and time in range (TIR). …”
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Relevance of Plasma Obestatin and Early Arteriosclerosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Peng-ying Gu, Dong-mei Kang, Wei-dong Wang, Yan Chen, Zhi-hong Zhao, Hui Zheng, Shan-dong Ye

“…All patients were divided into normal glucose tolerance (NGT), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and T2DM according to the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). …”
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Characterization of the Prediabetic State in a Novel Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes, the ZFDM Rat by Ghupurjan Gheni, Norihide Yokoi, Masayuki Beppu, Takuro Yamaguchi, Shihomi Hidaka, Ayako Kawabata, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Masayuki Hoshino, Susumu Seino

“…At 6–8 weeks of age, fa/fa male rats exhibited mild glucose intolerance and severe insulin resistance. …”
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ERK5 Contributes to VEGF Alteration in Diabetic Retinopathy by Yuexiu Wu, Yufeng Zuo, Rana Chakrabarti, Biao Feng, Shali Chen, Subrata Chakrabarti

“…These results indicated that ERK5 depletion contributes to glucose induced increased VEGF production and angiogenesis. …”
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Improvement in Analytical Methods for Determination of Sugars in Fermented Alcoholic Beverages by Ayalew Debebe, Shibru Temesgen, Mesfin Redi-Abshiro, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi, Estifanos Ele

“…The HPLC-UV method can be used for the determination of glucose in alcoholic beverages after derivatization with p-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester. …”
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Age, Body Mass Index, and Waist-to-Hip Ratio Related Changes in Insulin Secretion  and  Insulin Sensitivity in Women  with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Minimal Model Analyses by Mirjana Šumarac-Dumanović, Danica Stamenković-Pejković, Danka Jeremić, Janko Dumanović, Vesna Mandić-Marković, Miloš Žarković, Dragan Micić

“…One hundred fourteen patients with PCOS and 41 controls with normal basal plasma glucose were studied. A 75-g OGTT was performed to determine glucose tolerance and insulin response. …”
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Relationships between Composition of Major Fatty Acids and Fat Distribution and Insulin Resistance in Japanese by Chikako Fujii, Toshihide Kawai, Koichiro Azuma, Yuko Oguma, Fuminori Katsukawa, Hiroshi Hirose, Kumiko Tanaka, Shu Meguro, Hideo Matsumoto, Hiroshi Itoh

“…Metabolic parameters and visceral and subcutaneous fat areas as determined by CT scanning at the umbilical level were measured. Glucose tolerance test (GTT) was performed by administering 75 g glucose orally. …”
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