Proinflammatory Effects of C-Peptide in Different Tissues by Dusica Vasic, Daniel Walcher

“…C-peptide as a cleavage product of proinsulin is in the last few decades known as an active peptide with a number of different effects on microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients. Patients with insulin resistance and early type 2 diabetes show elevated levels of C-peptide in blood. …”
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Liver metastases in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours – treatment methods by Paweł Gut

“…Pre-treatment staging often includes the biochemical assessment of serologic markers such as serotonin, insulin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, and chromogranin, even in patients without clinically apparent hormonal excess. …”
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Sporadic Insulinoma as a Rare Cause of Recurrent Hypoglycemia in Children by Hedyeh Saneifard, Ahmad Khaleghnejad Tabari, Maryam Kazemi Aghdam, Mohadese Musavi Khorshidi, Ali Sheikhy

“…Insulinoma is a rare pancreatic tumor in children and adolescents. As a result of insulin hypersecretion, signs and symptoms are more commonly consequences of the pathophysiologic responses to hypoglycemia. …”
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Therapeutic Benefit of Vernonia amygdalina in the Treatment of Diabetes and Its Associated Complications in Preclinical Studies by Du-Bois Asante, Gideon Akuamoah Wiafe

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM), a complex heterogeneous metabolic disorder characterized by a defect in the function of insulin, is on the rapid rise globally. Sustained hyperglycemia which is a major sign of DM is linked to the generation of reactive oxygen species which promotes adverse complications of the disorder. …”
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Growth Hormone and Reproduction: A Review of Endocrine and Autocrine/Paracrine Interactions by Kerry L. Hull, Steve Harvey

“…The somatotropic axis, consisting of growth hormone (GH), hepatic insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and assorted releasing factors, regulates growth and body composition. …”
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Diagnosing Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults by Nigel Glynn, Amar Agha

“…Although multiple diagnostic modalities are available including a 24-hour serum GH profile, stimulated GH levels, and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels, the use of dynamic tests for GH reserves is required in most cases. …”
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PREVALENCE OF RAMADAN AND FASTING RELATED DIABETICCOMPLICATIONS AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS by Aisha Noreen et al

“…Various researches have been conducted upon physiological changes in a diabetic patient during the period of Islamic fasting, but still there is no variation perceived pathologically influencing the body weight, blood glucose, HbA1c, insulin, fructose amine, Cpeptide, cholesterol or triglycerides ranges. …”
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Creating a Perioperative Glycemic Control Program by Sara M. Alexanian, Marie E. McDonnell, Shamsuddin Akhtar

“…Our approach focuses on the recognition of hyperglycemia and metabolic abnormalities, control of glucose levels via insulin infusion when needed, monitoring for hypoglycemia and a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach that provides standardized recommendations for patients at all points in care as they transition from the preoperative clinic into the operating room, and then into the hospital.…”
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The effect of training intervention based on health belief model on self-care behaviors of women with gestational diabetes mellitus by Fatemeh Mohammadkhah, Amirhossein Kamyab, Babak Pezeshki, Samira Norouzrajabi, Ali Khani Jeihooni

“…The need to increase the dosage of insulin in the intervention group was lower than in the control group.Conclusionsaccording to the results, the health belief model was effective in improving clinical results of self-care behaviors in women with gestational diabetes. …”
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A Study of Correlation of Adiponectin Levels in Metabolic Syndrome by Apurv Singhal, Vedpal Singh Punia, Akash Bharti, Shaavi Mittal, Praveen Raman Mishra, Prem Kuma

“… Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), also known as insulin resistance syndrome, is described as a cluster of cardiometabolic symptoms such as high blood pressure, elevated fasting glucose, or insulin resistance. …”
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Characterization of trends in preoperative hemoglobin A1c testing prior to metabolic and bariatric surgery: a retrospective, observational study by Safraz A. Hamid, Elena Graetz, Emily J. Zolfaghari, Kurt S. Schultz, Eric B. Schneider, Karen E. Gibbs

“…Compared to patients who did not have diabetes or had diabetes controlled by diet alone, patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes had 77% increased odds of receiving a A1C test (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.77, p < 0.001); insulin dependent patients had 113% increased odds (aOR 2.13, p < 0.001). …”
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Low-Dose Decitabine Assists Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Protecting β Cells via the Modulation of the Macrophage Phenotype in Type 2 Diabetic Mice by Jing Xue, Yu Cheng, Haojie Hao, Jieqing Gao, Yaqi Yin, Songyan Yu, Junyan Zou, Jiejie Liu, Qi Zhang, Yiming Mu

“…We examined the blood glucose and serum insulin levels of mice 1, 2, and 4 weeks after MSC and/or DAC treatment. …”
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Associations of carbohydrate quality and cardiovascular risk factors vary among diabetes subtypes by Katharina S. Weber, Sabrina Schlesinger, Janina Goletzke, Klaus Straßburger, Oana-Patricia Zaharia, Sandra Trenkamp, Robert Wagner, Wolfgang Lieb, Anette E. Buyken, Michael Roden, Christian Herder, for the GDS group

“…Methods Participants of the German Diabetes Study (GDS) (recent-onset diabetes (n = 487) and 5-years thereafter (n = 209)) were allocated into severe autoimmune diabetes (SAID, 35%), severe insulin-deficient diabetes (SIDD, 3%), severe insulin-resistant diabetes (SIRD, 5%), mild obesity-related diabetes (MOD, 28%), and mild age-related diabetes (MARD, 29%). …”
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In vivo and in silico study of europinidin against streptozotocin-isoproterenol-induced myocardial damage via alteration of hs-CRP/CPK-MB/Caspase-3/Bcl-2 pathways by Khalid Saad Alharbi, Muhammad Afzal, Fahad A. Al-Abbasi, Ehssan Moglad, Salwa D. Al-Qahtani, Naif A. R. Almalki, Faisal Imam, Nadeem Sayyed, Imran Kazmi

“…Europinidin (10 and 20 mg/day) reduced blood glucose, HbA1c, hs-CRP, and CPK-MB. It improved serum insulin, blood lipid profile and reduced inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, IL-β), oxidative stress and increased antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT and GSH). …”
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Pharmacoeconomics and Utilisation of Antidiabetic Medications among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Longitudinal Study by Bikash Chandra Das, P Ansuman Abhisek, Deepak Choudhury, Suvendu Kumar Panda, Jayanti Prava Behera, Supriya Pradhan, Trupti Rekha Swain, Sasmita Mallick

“…The ACER at three months showed a constant increase, from 24.56 for metformin only to 2709.26 for insulin with Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents (OHA) for FBS, and from 7.83 for metformin only to 907.47 for insulin with OHA for PPBS. …”
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Socio-demographic and clinical determinants of self-care in adults with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Zhejiang province, China by Xuefen Lan, Xiaozhen Ji, Xiaojia Zheng, Xiaoyu Ding, Hongyi Mou, Shunfei Lu, Bin Ye

“…Having complications, using insulin, living in the southwest of Zhejiang province, and having lower self-care self-efficacy were associated with a lower level of self-care management. …”
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Two-hit mouse model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction combining diet-induced obesity and renin-mediated hypertension by Justin H. Berger, Yuji Shi, Timothy R. Matsuura, Kirill Batmanov, Xian Chen, Kelly Tam, Mackenzie Marshall, Richard Kue, Jiten Patel, Renee Taing, Russell Callaway, Joanna Griffin, Attila Kovacs, Dinesh Hirenallur-Shanthappa, Russell Miller, Bei B. Zhang, Rachel J. Roth Flach, Daniel P. Kelly

“…We developed a novel “two-hit” model, which combines obesity and insulin resistance with chronic pressure overload to recapitulate clinical features of HFpEF. …”
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Effects of time restricted feeding combined with Lacto Ovo vegetarian diet on metabolic associated fatty liver disease management: a randomized clinical trial by Mahshad Shafiee, Amir Sadeghi, Fateme Ghafouri-Taleghani, Maryam Nilghaz, Maryam Ghods, Behnaz Narimani, Azita Hekmatdoost, Atoosa saidpour

“…Abstract Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) is becoming a major global health concern due to its links with obesity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular risk. This randomized clinical trial assessed the effects of combining time-restricted feeding (TRF; 16/8) with a Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian (LOV) diet on various factors in overweight and obese patients with MAFLD. …”
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Effect of combined aerobic exercise and resistance training on postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Vitor Engracia Valenti, André dos Santos Chagas, Peter Chedraui, Ingrid Soares de Souza, Andrey Alves Porto, Isabel Cristina Esposito Sorpreso, Jose Maria Soares Júnior, Juliana Zangirolami-Raimundo, David M. Garner, Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo

“…The outcomes of interest were the blood glucose levels, insulin secretion, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). …”
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Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers in Women with and Without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Manjula Nandakumar, Priya Das, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Alexandra E. Butler, Stephen L. Atkin

“…A subset analysis of BMI-matched plus insulin resistance (IR)-matched women revealed only upregulation of tissue factor (TF) and renin in PCOS, potentially serving as biomarkers for cardiovascular risk in overweight/obese women with PCOS. …”
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