Toll-like receptor 4 deficiency promotes the alternative activation of adipose tissue macrophages.

abstract：:In evaluating therapeutic interventions aimed at preventing diabetic neuropathy, choosing a suitable measure of neural function is difficult, partly because the relation between most available objective measures and the development of symptomatic neuropathy (SN) is unclear. Using data from 67 diabetic patients, we dev...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Weinberg CR,Pfeifer MA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identity of the cells responsible for beta-cell destruction in type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes is still uncertain. L3T4+ T-lymphocytes have a role in the initiation of insulitis and in damaging transplanted allogeneic islets in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. The role of L3T4+ T-lymphocytes in destruction of bet...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Charlton B,Mandel TE

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well described that excessive lipid metabolism can cause insulin resistance in both animals and humans, and this has been implicated as a causative factor in the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in humans. Recently, we have shown that intravenous lipid emulsion (liposyn) infusion during a 12...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Hevener A,Reichart D,Janez A,Olefsky J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been recognized that islet cell function is rapidly altered in vitro, but can be maintained, at least in part, when cells are layered on defined extracellular matrices. The present work addresses the influence of short-term cell-matrix interactions on islet beta-cell function and provides first insight int...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Bosco D,Meda P,Halban PA,Rouiller DG

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinsulin folding within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) remains incompletely understood, but it is clear that in mutant INS gene-induced diabetes of youth (MIDY), progression of the (three) native disulfide bonds of proinsulin becomes derailed, causing insulin deficiency, β-cell ER stress, and onset of diabetes. Here...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Haataja L,Manickam N,Soliman A,Tsai B,Liu M,Arvan P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured bovine retinal capillary pericytes (BRP) were used to investigate the effect of an aldose reductase inhibitor, tolrestat, and an inhibitor of advanced glycation end products (AGE) formation, aminoguanidine, on glucose toxicity. Glucose at high concentration reduced the replicative activity of pericytes in a d...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Chibber R,Molinatti PA,Wong JS,Mirlees D,Kohner EM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyalkylcyanoacrylate nanocapsules (mean size 220 nm), composed of spheric polymeric structures, have been used as a drug carrier for insulin. The rate of encapsulation of insulin is 54.9%, and we studied the therapeutic efficiency of the nanocapsules in diabetic and normal rats. When administered subcutaneously, ins...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Damgé C,Michel C,Aprahamian M,Couvreur P

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many individuals with diabetes experience impaired cardiac contractility that cannot be explained by hypertension and atherosclerosis. This cardiomyopathy may be due to either organ-based damage, such as fibrosis, or to direct damage to cardiomyocytes. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been proposed to contribute to ...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Ye G,Metreveli NS,Ren J,Epstein PN

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segmental pancreatic allografts with unligated ducts were transplanted intraperitoneally to five diabetic patients who had received renal allografts more than 2 yr earlier. One patient is alive with a functioning graft 10.5 mo later. Two patients rejected their grafts at approximately 2 and 3 mo but are alive 8--9 mo ...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Sutherland DE,Goetz FC,Najarian JS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fat mass, abdominal adiposity, and insulin resistance are typical findings in aging mammals and are frequently associated with leptin resistance and increased plasma leptin levels. To examine whether leptin's failure in aging is due to aging per se or to changes in body fat mass or distribution, we studied a...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Gabriely I,Ma XH,Yang XM,Rossetti L,Barzilai N

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paucity of animal models exhibiting full pathology of diabetic retinopathy (DR) has impeded understanding of the pathogenesis of DR and the development of therapeutic interventions. Here, we investigated whether hyperhexosemic marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) develop characteristic retinal vascular lesions including...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Chronopoulos A,Roy S,Beglova E,Mansfield K,Wachtman L,Roy S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is implicated in the regulation of mitochondrial function, energy metabolism, and insulin sensitivity in rodents. No studies are available in humans to demonstrate that SIRT1 expression in insulin-sensitive tissues is associated with energy expenditure and insulin sensitivity. RESEARCH DESI...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Rutanen J,Yaluri N,Modi S,Pihlajamäki J,Vänttinen M,Itkonen P,Kainulainen S,Yamamoto H,Lagouge M,Sinclair DA,Elliott P,Westphal C,Auwerx J,Laakso M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Phogrin and IA-2, autoantigens in insulin-dependent diabetes, have been shown to be involved in insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells; however, implications at a molecular level are confusing from experiment to experiment. We analyzed biological functions of phogrin in beta-cells by an RNA interference t...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Torii S,Saito N,Kawano A,Hou N,Ueki K,Kulkarni RN,Takeuchi T

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct methods for measuring the secretion rate of insulin are too cumbersome for clinical application. Since C-peptide is secreted in an equimolar ratio with insulin and is excreted into the urine, measuring the urinary excretion rate of C-peptide (U-C) could serve as an indicator of its secretion rate (SR-C) if its ...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Meistas MT,Rendell M,Margolis S,Kowarski AA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The involvement of proangiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor as well as the therapeutic efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors in early diabetic nephropathy has been reported. Vasohibin-1 (VASH-1) is a unique endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor that is induced in endothelial cells by proangi...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Nasu T,Maeshima Y,Kinomura M,Hirokoshi-Kawahara K,Tanabe K,Sugiyama H,Sonoda H,Sato Y,Makino H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity causes insulin resistance, which has been interpreted as reduced downstream insulin signaling. However, changes in access of insulin to sensitive tissues such as skeletal muscle may also play a role. Insulin injected directly into skeletal muscle diffuses rapidly through the interstitial space to caus...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Kolka CM,Harrison LN,Lottati M,Chiu JD,Kirkman EL,Bergman RN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low birth weight is a well-established risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but the risk at high birth weight levels remains uncertain. Potential sex differences in the associations are unexplored. We investigated whether sex influences the association of birth weight and adult type 2 diabetes, using a cohort of 113,801 m...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Zimmermann E,Gamborg M,Sørensen TI,Baker JL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells depends critically on the activities of their plasma membrane ion channels. ATP-sensitive K+ channels (K(ATP) channels) are present in many cells and regulate a variety of cellular functions by coupling cell metabolism with membrane potential. The activity...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Seino S,Iwanaga T,Nagashima K,Miki T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Leptin released from adipocytes plays a key role in the control of food intake, energy balance, and glucose homeostasis. In addition to its central action, leptin directly affects pancreatic beta-cells, inhibiting insulin secretion, and, thus, modulating glucose homeostasis. However, despite the importance of...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Tudurí E,Marroquí L,Soriano S,Ropero AB,Batista TM,Piquer S,López-Boado MA,Carneiro EM,Gomis R,Nadal A,Quesada I

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elevated fasting glucose level is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis. It is unclear if this association is causal. Using the principle of Mendelian randomization, we sought to explore the causal association between circulating glucose and I...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Rasmussen-Torvik LJ,Li M,Kao WH,Couper D,Boerwinkle E,Bielinski SJ,Folsom AR,Pankow JS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinsulin is converted to insulin by the concerted action of two sequence-specific subtilisin-like proteases termed prohormone convertase 2 (PC2) and prohormone convertase 3 (PC3). PC3 is a type I proinsulin-processing enzyme that initiates the sequential processing of proinsulin to insulin by cleaving the proinsulin...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Ohagi S,Sakaguchi H,Sanke T,Tatsuta H,Hanabusa T,Nanjo K

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation at the variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) minisatellite 5' of the insulin gene (INS) is associated with several phenotypes, including type 1 diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, and birth weight. Case-control studies have suggested that class III VNTR alleles are also associated with type 2 diabetes, but r...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Huxtable SJ,Saker PJ,Haddad L,Walker M,Frayling TM,Levy JC,Hitman GA,O'Rahilly S,Hattersley AT,McCarthy MI

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Normal human myocardium switches substrate metabolism preference, adapting to the prevailing plasma substrate levels and hormonal milieu, but in type 1 diabetes, the myocardium relies heavily on fatty acid metabolism for energy. Whether conditions that affect myocardial glucose use and fatty acid utilization,...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Peterson LR,Herrero P,McGill J,Schechtman KB,Kisrieva-Ware Z,Lesniak D,Gropler RJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current pharmacological options for type 2 diabetes do not cure the disease. Despite the availability of multiple drug classes that modulate glycemia effectively and minimize long-term complications, these agents do not reverse pathogenesis, and in practice they are not selected to correct the molecular profile specif...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Florez JC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was examined in siblings of an unselected population (n = 194) of newly diagnosed diabetic individuals less than 30 yr old. From 1 July 1984 to 30 June 1987, diabetic subjects (proband) identified within a geographically defined area of southern Wisconsin were stu...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Allen C,Palta M,D'Alessio DJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sisters presented with severe insulin resistance and markedly decreased insulin binding to erythrocytes, cultured fibroblasts, and transformed lymphocytes. The dose-response curve of insulin-stimulated amino acid uptake in the fibroblasts was shifted to the right. The molecular weight of the insulin receptor on th...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Kobayashi M,Sasaoka T,Takata Y,Hisatomi A,Shigeta Y

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy is the main cause of end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis in developed countries. In this study, we demonstrated the therapeutic effect of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on advanced rather than early diabetic nephropathy using a rat model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Early diabetic ne...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Cruzado JM,Lloberas N,Torras J,Riera M,Fillat C,Herrero-Fresneda I,Aran JM,Alperovich G,Vidal A,Grinyó JM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation is a critical event that accentuates atherosclerosis by promoting an inflammatory environment within the vessel wall. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms responsible for monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and, subsequently, the effect of metformin in regre...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Vasamsetti SB,Karnewar S,Kanugula AK,Thatipalli AR,Kumar JM,Kotamraju S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes has increased interest in pathways that affect energy balance in mammalian systems. Brown fat, in all of its dimensions, can increase energy expenditure through the dissipation of chemical energy in the form of heat, using mitochondrial uncoupling and perhaps other pathways....

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Cohen P,Spiegelman BM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In type 2 diabetes, impaired insulin-induced Akt/endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) signaling may decrease the vascular relaxation response. Previously, we reported that this response was negatively regulated by G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2). In this study, we investigated whether/how in aortas from...

journal_title：Diabetes

authors： Taguchi K,Matsumoto T,Kamata K,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00