The role of short-chain fatty acid in metabolic syndrome and its complications: focusing on immunity and inflammation by Wenqian Yu, Wenqian Yu, Siyuan Sun, Siyuan Sun, Qiang Fu

“…Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA), an organismal energy donor, has recently been demonstrated in an increasing number of studies to be an important molecule in ameliorating immuno-inflammation, an important causative factor of Mets, and to improve lipid distribution, blood glucose, and body weight levels in animal models of Mets. …”
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Information avoidance by younger adults with Type 1 diabetes: a preliminary empirical study by Bruce Ryan, Gemma Webster

“…Younger adults with Type 1 diabetes may only collect blood glucose data, disregarding other relevant data and information. …”
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Development of Automatic 3D Blood Vessel Search and Automatic Blood Sampling System by Using Hybrid Stereo-Autofocus Method by Eiji Nakamachi, Yusuke Morita, Yoshifumi Mizuno

“…They were implemented into a point-of-care system designed for medical care, installed in a portable self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) device. The system solves problems of human error caused by complicated manual operations of conventional SMBG devices. …”
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α-Glucosidase inhibitor produced by an endophytic fungus, Xylariaceae sp. QGS 01 from Quercus gilva Blume by Anastasia Wheni Indrianingsih, Sanro Tachibana

“…QGS 01, an endophytic fungus isolated from the stem of Quercus gilva Blume showed high α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. α-Glucosidase inhibitor have the role as one of carbohydrate-hydrolyzing enzymes to postpone absorption of glucose in the digestive organs. The α-glucosidase inhibitor constituents were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the mycellium of endophytic fungi Xylariaceae sp. …”
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GSK-3𝜷: A Bifunctional Role in Cell Death Pathways by Keith M. Jacobs, Sandeep R. Bhave, Daniel J. Ferraro, Jerry J. Jaboin, Dennis E. Hallahan, Dinesh Thotala

“…Although glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β) was originally named for its ability to phosphorylate glycogen synthase and regulate glucose metabolism, this multifunctional kinase is presently known to be a key regulator of a wide range of cellular functions. …”
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Expert Opinion on Fixed Dose Combination of Dapagliflozin Plus Sitagliptin for Unmet Cardiovascular Benefits in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Soumitra Ray, J Ezhilan, Rajiv Karnik, Ashish Prasad, Rajashree Dhar

“…The fixed dose combination (FDC) of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors provides both glycemic and pleiotropic effects, including lower risk of hypoglycemia, lower rates of genitourinary tract infections, and weight neutrality. …”
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Linum usitatissimum Delivery over Chitosan Nanobiopolymer: Enhanced Effects on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Condition by Abolfazl Bayrami, Maryam Sojoudi, Shima Rahim Pouran, Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, Sanaz Sojoudi

“…After 16 days of treatment, CHIT-FSE represented the best performance for controlling the serum levels of the studied biochemical (lipid profile and blood glucose level) and hormonal (insulin, testosterone, luteinizing, and follicle-stimulating hormone) parameters. …”
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Increased Serum Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor in Women with Gestational Diabetes Is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes by Tong-Huan Li, Chun-Jian Qiu, Xiao-Juan Yu, Dan-Dan Liu, Peng-Fei Zhou, Liang Wu

“…Univariate correlations showed that serum PEDF levels were positively correlated with fasting glucose and fasting insulin levels, respectively, and negatively correlated with adiponectin. …”
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Physical Activity and Blood Lipids and Lipoproteins in Dialysis Patients by Hiroyuki Imamura, Keiko Mizuuchi, Reika Oshikata

“…The changes in lipids and lipoproteins in hemodialysis patients could be caused by changes in activity levels of lipoprotein lipase, insulin sensitivity, and/or glucose metabolism. Future research investigating the relationship between physical activity and blood lipids and lipoproteins in dialysis patients should direct research towards the underlying mechanisms for changes in blood lipids and lipoproteins.…”
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Effect of Glycoconjugation on Cytotoxicity and Selectivity of 8-Aminoquinoline Derivatives Compared to 8-Hydroxyquinoline by Gabriela Pastuch-Gawołek, Julia Szreder

“…The 8-AQ derivatives were functionalized through the amino group and linked to sugar derivatives (D-glucose or D-galactose) that were modified with an azide, alkylazide, or propargyl group at the anomeric position by copper(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar azido-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). …”
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Nonnutritive, Low Caloric Substitutes for Food Sugars: Clinical Implications for Addressing the Incidence of Dental Caries and Overweight/Obesity by Michael W. Roberts, J. Timothy Wright

“…Caries in the teeth of susceptible children have often been associated with frequent ingestion of fermentable sugars such as sucrose, fructose, glucose, and maltose. Increased calorie intake associated with sugars and carbohydrates, especially when associated with physical inactivity, has been implicated in childhood obesity. …”
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Euglycemic Ketoacidosis in a Patient with Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma and Concomitant Pulmonary Embolism by Robert Sean O’Neill, Lauren Tyack, Mary Freeman, Hussein Soudy Hussein

“…Euglycemic ketoacidosis is a recognised side effect secondary to sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus; however, there is scarce evidence to suggest whether preexisting comorbid conditions contribute to the development of this potentially life-threatening complication. …”
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The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study by Marko Šimunović, Joško Božić, Lukrecija Milić, Ivana Unić, Veselin Škrabić

“…The most common component of MS in both groups was arterial hypertension, while impaired fasting glucose was the least common component of MS. Our finding of high prevalence of MS underlines the importance of early childhood obesity treatment.…”
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Impact of Periodontitis on Glycemic Control and Metabolic Status in Diabetes Patients: Current Knowledge on Early Disease Markers and Therapeutic Perspectives by Simona Santonocito, Alessandro Polizzi, Enrico Marchetti, Domenico Dalessandri, Marco Migliorati, Saturnino Marco Lupi, Marco Cicciù, Gaetano Isola

“…From the information found in the literature, it has emerged that the correct treatment of periodontal disease in diabetic patients represents one of the main mechanisms and means currently established and valid to control periodontal disease and glucose metabolism and prevent the onset or development of diabetic complications.…”
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Musical Electroacupuncture May Be a Better Choice than Electroacupuncture in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease by Jing Jiang, Gang Liu, Suhua Shi, Zhigang Li

“…The Morris water maze test, micro-PET, and immunohistochemistry revealed that MEA and EA therapies could improve spatial learning and memory ability, glucose metabolism level in the brain, and Aβ amyloid content in the frontal lobe, compared with the AD group (P<0.05). …”
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Orally administered organophosphorus dimethoate mediated biochemical alterations in male and female experimental Rattus norvegicus (albino rats) by Nida Saleem, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad

“…The results revealed increases in the total glucose, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase levels in the exposed groups of both genders of albino rats. …”
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Modulating DDAH/NOS Pathway to Discover Vasoprotective Insulin Sensitizers by Li Lai, Yohannes T. Ghebremariam

“…Genetic and pharmacological studies have demonstrated that the nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) genes are critically involved in the regulation of insulin-mediated glucose disposal. The generation of NO by the NOS enzymes is known to contribute to vascular homeostasis including insulin-mediated skeletal muscle vasodilation and insulin sensitivity. …”
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Hypoadiponectinemia: A Link between Visceral Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome by Tiziana Di Chiara, Christiano Argano, Salvatore Corrao, Rosario Scaglione, Giuseppe Licata

“…Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a combination of cardiometabolic risk factors, including visceral obesity, glucose intolerance or type 2 diabetes, elevated triglycerides, reduced HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. …”
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Introducing carbon assimilation in yeasts using photosynthetic directed endosymbiosis by Yang-le Gao, Jay Cournoyer, Bidhan C. De, Catherine L. Wallace, Alexander V. Ulanov, Michael R. La Frano, Angad P. Mehta

“…Particularly, we engineer carbon assimilating and sugar-secreting photosynthetic cyanobacterial endosymbionts within the yeast cells, which results in the generation of yeast/cyanobacteria chimeras that propagate under photosynthetic conditions in the presence of CO2 and in the absence of feedstock carbon sources like glucose or glycerol. We demonstrate that the yeast/cyanobacteria chimera can be engineered to biosynthesize natural products under the photosynthetic conditions. …”
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Photosensitizers from Spirulina for Solar Cell by Liqiu Wang, Liang Tian, Xinxin Deng, Mengyi Zhang, Shuping Sun, Wei Zhang, Lin Zhao

“…The results showed that spirulina had the photoelectric conversion effect, and could let the spirulina biosolar cell have 70 μA photocurrent. Meanwhile, adding glucose sucrose or chitosan in the spirulina anode chamber, they could make the maxima current density of the cell greatly increased by 80 μA, 100 μA, and 84 μA, respectively, and the sucrose could improve the maximum power density of the cell to 63 mW/m−2. …”
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