PERMANENT NEONATAL DIABETES MELLITUS IN CHINA

Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM) is a rare disease, which is defined as the onset of diabetes before the age of 6 months with persistence through life. Infants with KCNJ11 or ABCC8 genetic mutations may respond to oral sulfonylurea therapy.

The results from this study confirm that obese sub- jects subsist in a heightened low-grade systemic inflam- matory milieu. Given that overweight and obese subjects exhibit central adiposity (clinical correlate: increased waist circumference), based on a large body of published data [13-17] t[r]

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease found worldwide. Notably, BKS.Cg- Dock7m +/+ Leprdb/JNarl mice are useful animal models for studying type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In this study, we investigated casein kinase 2 alpha 1 (CSNK2A1) gene and protein expression in the liver tissues of mice[r]

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects on laboratory parameters among monotherapy with five DPP-4 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

The objective of this study is to compare the risk of incident diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

Metabolic syndrome causes complications like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). As metabolic syndrome develops, altered levels of cytokines and microRNAs (miRNA) are measurable in the circulation.

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important public health problem worldwide. Its association with, and predisposing nature for diabetes mellitus (DM) has been long established. This research was carried out to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) amongst[r]

Conclusions: In otherwise healthy disease free obese adults, a higher degree of systemic inflammation is associated with prediabetes and prehypertension.
Introduction
Overweight and obese adults in comparison to their non-obese counterparts, have a greater susceptibility for subseq[r]

Fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination is a useful proce- dure for identifying bronchial obstructions and endolum- inal lesions, as well as for assessing the tracheobronchial tree beyond stenoses. Moreover, the procedure makes it possible to restore normal airflow in airless areas around the[r]

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin. Pancreatic alpha cell mass increases in response to insufficient insulin secretion. However, the reason for this increase is not clear.

Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus is the commonest cause of diabetes presenting in the first week of life. Majority of infants recover by 3 months of age but are predisposed to developing type 2 diabetes later on in life.

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hypothermic. Anesthetics can block the shivering responses; their effects are compounded when patients are not covered adequately in the operating or recovery rooms.
Several types of endocrine dysfunction can lead to hypothermia. Hypothyroidism—particularly wh[r]

Persons with levels between 100 and 126 mg/dL may have impaired fasting glucose or prediabetes. These levels are considered to be risk factors for type 2 diabetes and its complications.
Diabetes is typically diagnosed when fasting blood glucose levels are[r]

Objectives: Adipose tissue-derived hormones are associated with metabolic disorders including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study investigated clinical parameters and the levels of leptin cytokine in patients with T2DM with or without overweight/obese.

The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is rapidly increasing, with many complications pressured on the health care system. Complications of diabetes due to chronic hyperglycemia related to other metabolic disorders, causing damage to the microvascular system.

Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBP) genes are crucial in lipid biosynthesis and cardiovascular homeostasis. Their expression in epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and their influence in the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) and type-2 diabetes mellitus remain to be determined.

The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Kuwait is amongst the highest in the world. Vitamin D is considered to be involved in immune modulation and its deficiency contribute to autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in T1DM patients.

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an established complication of diabetes mellitus. In West Virginia, the especially high incidence of diabetes and heart failure validate the necessity of developing new strategies for earlier detection of DCM.

94 To confirm proinsulin processing by hepatocytes and to investigate if processing was influenced by different cell attachment matrices, we electroporated primary mouse hepatocytes with p3MTChINS and cultured the cells on rat tail collagen I, mouse collagen IV or Matrigel ® (10 6 cells per mat[r]