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Diabetes

Overexpression of METTL3 attenuates high-glucose induced RPE cell pyroptosis by regulating miR-25-3p/PTEN/Akt signaling cascade through DGCR8.

May 05, 2020

Methyltransferase-like protein 3 (METTL3) regulates multiple cell functions and diseases by modulating N-methyladenosine (mA) modifications. However, it is still unclear whether METTL3 involves in the...

Association of handgrip strength with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in US adults: the national health and nutrition examination survey.

May 05, 2020

Aimed to find the cut-off point of handgrip strength and it's association with MetS.The relative handgrip strength was negatively associated with the prevalence of MetS. Of note, the odds ratios (ORs)...

Hepatic Slug epigenetically promotes liver lipogenesis, fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes.

May 05, 2020

De novo lipogenesis is tightly regulated by insulin and nutritional signals to maintain metabolic homeostasis. Excessive lipogenesis induces lipotoxicity, leading to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (...

Evaluation of biochemical profile of Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology in Sri Lanka.

May 05, 2020

Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) is an endemic, disease that mostly affects young agricultural workers in the rural dry zone of Sri Lanka. This study was designed to identify specif...

On using electronic health records to improve optimal treatment rules in randomized trials.

May 05, 2020

Individualized treatment rules (ITRs) tailor medical treatments according to patient-specific characteristics in order to optimize patient outcomes. Data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are u...

Nonnutritive Sweetener Use in Children

May 05, 2020

Nonnutritive sweeteners (NNSs)—also known as non-caloric artificial sweeteners or high-intensity sweeteners—are common in food, beverages, condiments, and even gum. NNSs have been proposed for use...

Prevalence of and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema in patients with early and late onset diabetes mellitus.

May 01, 2020

To compare the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME), as well as their risk factors in patients with early onset diabetes (EOD, ≤40 years) and late onset diabetes ...

Zinc-α2-glycoprotein is associated with non-albuminuric chronic kidney disease progression in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study with 4-year follow-up.

May 01, 2020

To investigate the association between baseline plasma zinc-α2-glycoprotein and non-albuminuric chronic kidney disease progression in type 2 diabetes.Adults with normoalbuminuria at entry (n=341; age...

Characteristics of adult- compared to childhood-onset type 1 diabetes.

May 01, 2020

To compare diagnosis characteristics, diabetes management and comorbidities in a population diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in childhood with those in a similar population diagnosed in adulthood to ide...

Histopathology and genetic susceptibility in COVID-19 pneumonia.

May 01, 2020

The clinical features of COVID-19 range from a mild illness to patients with a very severe illness with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring ventilation and Intensive Care Unit admission. Ris...

Hyperoxia improves autonomic function in individuals with long-duration type 1 diabetes and macroalbuminuria.

May 01, 2020

Acute oxygen inhalation and slow deep breathing improve measures of autonomic function transiently in individuals with short-duration type 1 diabetes. Our aims were to examine these interventions and ...

Astragaloside IV acts through multi-scale mechanisms to effectively reduce diabetic nephropathy.

Apr 28, 2020

Diabetic nephropathy (DN), a common complication of diabetes mellitus, is the main cause of end-stage nephropathy, and thus developing novel strategies for reversing DN remains urgent. Astragaloside I...

Mechanisms of putative IGF-I receptor resistance in active acromegaly.

Apr 28, 2020

Acromegaly is a disease characterized by overproduction of growth hormone (GH). As a consequence of excessive GH secretion, circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is elevated in active (untr...

Oral health and halitosis among Type 1 diabetic and healthy children.

Apr 28, 2020

To evaluate the oral health status, oral health related habits and halitosis of children with and without type 1 diabetes.In this study oral health status of children with and without type 1 diabetes ...

The ACE-2 in COVID-19: Foe or Friend?

Apr 28, 2020

COVID-19 is a rapidly spreading outbreak globally. Emerging evidence demonstrates that older individuals and people with underlying metabolic conditions of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperli...

Thiazolidinediones reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic events in diabetic patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Apr 28, 2020

Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) improve glycaemic control, and ameliorate liver steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis in patients with fatty liver disease. We aimed to study the impact of TZD and glycaemic ...

The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Hepatic Function and Predictors of Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis.

Apr 20, 2020

To evaluate the variation in parameters of hepatic function and in the scores Fatty Liver Index (FLI; predictor of hepatic steatosis) and BARD (BMI, AST/ALT ratio and DM, predictor of hepatic fibrosis...

Prognosis of patients eligible for dapagliflozin in acute heart failure.

Apr 20, 2020

Dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, was shown in the DAPA-HF study to reduce the risk of worsening heart failure or death in symptomatic patients with left ejection fraction < 4...

Pharmacological screening of fenofibrate-loaded solid dispersion in fructose-induced diabetic rat.

Apr 20, 2020

Hyperlipidaemia is a common phenomenon in diabetes mellitus. Fenofibrate (FF) is a good candidate for the treatment of lipid abnormalities in patients with type 2 diabetes. But the bioavailability as ...

The association between anti-insulin aspart antibodies and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of fast-acting insulin aspart in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Apr 20, 2020

Fast-acting insulin aspart (faster aspart) is a novel formulation of insulin aspart (IAsp) ensuring ultra-fast absorption and effect.To compare the pharmacokinetics between faster aspart and IAsp, bas...