Assessment of Global and Local Alterations in Retinal Layer Thickness in Ins2 (Akita) Diabetic Mice by Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography by Andrew W. Francis, Justin Wanek, Mahnaz Shahidi

“…Akita mice had higher blood glucose levels and lower body weights (p<0.001). On average, IRT, ORT, and TRT were approximately 2% lower in Akita mice than in wild-type mice (p≤0.02). …”
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The Effects of Microwave-Assisted Pretreatment and Cofermentation on Bioethanol Production from Elephant Grass by Sefrinus Maria Dolfi Kolo, Deana Wahyuningrum, Rukman Hertadi

“…The high-power liquid chromatographic analysis revealed that the optimal inoculum concentration capable of converting 76.15% of the sugar mixture substrate (glucose and xylose) to 10.79 g/L (34.74% yield) of bioethanol was 10% (v/v). …”
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Magnesium and Vascular Changes in Hypertension by Ana Rosa Cunha, Bianca Umbelino, Margarida L. Correia, Mario Fritsch Neves

“…Magnesium is a mineral with important functions in the body such as antiarrhythmic effect, actions in vascular tone, contractility, glucose metabolism, and insulin homeostasis. In addition, lower concentrations of magnesium are associated with oxidative stress, proinflammatory state, endothelial dysfunction, platelet aggregation, insulin resistance, and hyperglycemia. …”
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A Review of Risk Factors and Predictors for Hemorrhagic Transformation in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Sneha E. Thomas, Noorine Plumber, Priyanka Venkatapathappa, Vasavi Gorantla

“…This review summarises how specific risk factors such as demographic factors like age, gender, and race/ethnicity, comorbidities including essential hypertension, atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, and ischemic heart disease along with predictors like higher NIHSS score, larger infarction size, cardioembolic strokes, systolic blood pressure/pulse pressure variability, higher plasma glucose levels, and higher body temperature during ischemic event, lower low-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol, early ischemic changes on imaging modalities, and some rare causes make an individual more susceptible to developing HT. …”
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Thyroid disorders among patients with type II Diabetes Mellitus by Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih

“…DM is a chronic disease characterized by irregular abnormal elevation of blood glucose level. It is classified in to several types depending on the situation; the major types are type I and type II. …”
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Acanthosis nigricans and its association with cardio-metabolic risk factors in children with overweight/obesity: A school-based cross-sectional study by Rashmi R. Das, Manaswini Mangaraj, Saurav Nayak, Amit K. Satapathy, Samarendra Mahapatro

“…Fasting blood samples were collected to measure insulin, glucose, homeostasis model assessment index (HOMAIR), and lipid profile. …”
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Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition and Associated Health Benefits of Oat (Avena sativa) Grains and Oat-Based Fermented Food Products by Getaneh Firew Alemayehu, Sirawdink Fikreyesus Forsido, Yetenayet B. Tola, Endale Amare

“…Oats are a good source of soluble dietary fiber, particularly β-glucan, which has outstanding functional properties and is extremely important in human nutrition. β-Glucan has been shown to lower blood cholesterol and glucose absorption in the intestine, thereby preventing diseases such as cardiovascular injury, dyslipidemia, hypertension, inflammatory state, and type 2 diabetes. …”
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The Metabolic Syndrome among Postmenopausal Women in Gorgan by Abdoljalal Marjani, Sedigheh Moghasemi

“…The mean body mass index, waist circumference, hip, circumference waist-to-hip ratio, diastolic blood pressure, and triglyceride and fasting blood glucose levels were significantly high among postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome, but the mean HDL-cholesterol was significantly low (P<0.05). …”
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The Growing Challenge of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Overview of Current Knowledge by Rikke Borg, Nicholas Carlson, Jens Søndergaard, Frederik Persson

“…With the addition of recent landmark findings and the expansion of the indication for using sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, there are now new effective treatments to add to standard therapy. …”
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Hexavalent Chromium Removal by a Paecilomyces sp. Fungal Strain Isolated from Environment by Juan F. Cárdenas-González, Ismael Acosta-Rodríguez

“…When it was incubated in minimal medium with glucose, another inexpensive commercial carbon source like unrefined and brown sugar or glycerol, in the presence of 50 mg/L of Cr (VI), the strain caused complete disappearance of Cr (VI), with the concomitant production of Cr (III) in the growth medium after 7 days of incubation, at 28∘C, pH 4.0, 100 rpm, and an inoculum of 38 mg of dry weight. …”
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Calcium Signaling in the Ventricular Myocardium of the Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat by L. Al Kury, M. Smail, M. A. Qureshi, V. Sydorenko, A. Shmygol, M. Oz, J. Singh, F. C. Howarth

“…The GK rat is a widely used nonobese, nonhypertensive genetic model of T2DM which is characterized by insulin resistance, elevated blood glucose, alterations in blood lipid profile, and cardiac dysfunction.…”
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Diabetes mellitus health care management by Susan Miriam Oblitas Guerrero, Flor Delicia Heredia Llatas, Sttefany Naghely Santamaría Oblitas, Roberto Pelayo Mosqueira Moreno

“…Differences were also found in obtaining adequate, regular and timely medication, in the availability of insulin and medical supplies, and in the daily control of blood glucose. Consequently, the importance of strengthening management and organizational capacity in the health system to improve diabetes care in the adult population is highlighted.…”
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Nutritional and lifestyle intervention strategies for metabolic syndrome in Southeast Asia: A scoping review of recent evidence. by Sze Mun Thor, Jun Wern Yau, Amutha Ramadas

“…Most studies investigated the effects of an intervention on components of MetS, which are anthropometry, blood pressure, glucose-related parameters, and lipid profile. Significant improvements ranged from 50% of studies reporting serum triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol levels to 100% for waist circumference. …”
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Unveiling FOXO3's metabolic contribution to menopause and Alzheimer's disease by Christopher O'Mahony, Oscar Hidalgo-Lanussa, George E. Barreto

“…Neurometabolic alterations during the endocrine transition emerge as early indicators of AD pathology, including reduced glucose metabolism and increased amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition. …”
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Optimization of Green Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles and Evaluation of Their Antifungal Activity against Oral Candida albicans Infection by Mohsen Safaei, Hamid Reza Mozaffari, Hedaiat Moradpoor, Mohammad Moslem Imani, Roohollah Sharifi, Amin Golshah

“…In the planned experiments, the efficacy of 3 factors, sodium selenite concentration, glucose concentration, and incubation time at 3 various levels was studied, and the most desirable conditions with the suitable performance were determined. …”
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Researchizs on biochemical, antibiotics sensitivity and transferable drug - resistance ( r - factor) characteristics of e. c ali strains isolated from diarrheal calves in konya reg... by Mehmet ATEŞ, İ. Yavuz SEZEN, Osman ERGANİŞ, Mehmet ÇORLU

“…<p> Biochemical characteristics of the strains were found to be as follows: The rates for glucose, lactose, mannitol dulsitol, arabinose and adonitol fermentation tests were 100 %, 100%, 100 %, 54.9 %, 98.1 % and 21.6 % respectively and the rates for urease production, citrate utilization, tryp- tophane deaminase, H₂S, indol and .motility tests were 100 %, 0.0 %, 0.0 %, 0.0 %, 100%, 0.0 %, 96.1% and 80.4% respectively. …”
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Screening of Aqueous Extract of Persea americana Seeds for Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors by Tajudeen Afolayan Lawal

“…Antidiabetic medications presently in use have little effect on postprandial glycaemic excursion and hence do not bring down the blood glucose level to baseline. This study extracted, fractionated, and screened the aqueous extract of Persea americana seeds for hypoglycaemic potential. …”
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Effects of Bacterial-Fungal Coinfection on Biochemical Parameters and Organ Structure in African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) by Alexander Atanasoff, Dimitrinka Zapryanova, Atanas Bozhkov, Çiğdem Ürkü

“…Significant differences (p&lt;0.01) were observed in the serum protein profiles, including total protein, albumin, globulin, and glucose levels. Histological examination showed pathological changes in the liver, kidneys, and gills, as well as haemorrhages and polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration in the skin lesions, with intense muscle necrosis. …”
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Glycerol Enhances the Antifungal Activity of Dairy Propionibacteria by Helena Lind, Anders Broberg, Karin Jacobsson, Hans Jonsson, Johan Schnürer

“…These bacteria can ferment glucose, lactic acid, and glycerol into propionic acid, acetic acid, and carbon dioxide. …”
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C-Peptide Levels Predict the Effectiveness of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Therapy by Sevin Demir, Sule Temizkan, Mehmet Sargin

“…We reviewed the medical records of 56 patients who had received DPP-4 inhibitor as an add-on to metformin monotherapy and evaluated their response in the first year of therapy. Fasting blood glucose (FBG), HbA1c, C-peptide, and weight of the patients were recorded at 3-month intervals during the first year of treatment. …”
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