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Cardiovascular Diabetology

Ausgabe 1/2013

Inhalt (177 Artikel)

Open Access Original investigation

Alogliptin ameliorates postprandial lipemia and postprandial endothelial dysfunction in non- diabetic subjects: a preliminary report

Yoko Noda, Toru Miyoshi, Hiroki Oe, Yuko Ohno, Kazufumi Nakamura, Norihisa Toh, Kunihisa Kohno, Hiroshi Morita, Kengo Kusano, Hiroshi Ito

Open Access Original investigation

Association between dietary phylloquinone intake and peripheral metabolic risk markers related to insulin resistance and diabetes in elderly subjects at high cardiovascular risk

Martí Juanola-Falgarona, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Ramon Estruch, Maria P Portillo, Rosa Casas, Jonatan Miranda, Miguel A Martínez-González, Mònica Bulló

Open Access Original investigation

Association of serum osteoprotegerin with vascular calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes

Atsushi Aoki, Miho Murata, Tomoko Asano, Aki Ikoma, Masami Sasaki, Tomoyuki Saito, Taeko Otani, Sachimi Jinbo, Nahoko Ikeda, Masanobu Kawakami, San-e Ishikawa

Open Access Original investigation

Macrovascular complication phenotypes in type 2 diabetic patients

Giuseppe Papa, Claudia Degano, Maria P Iurato, Carmelo Licciardello, Raffaella Maiorana, Concetta Finocchiaro

Open Access Original investigation

Serum osteocalcin level and its association with carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes

Li Sheng, Wenjie Cao, Bingbing Cha, Zhaoping Chen, Fang Wang, Jun Liu

Open Access Original investigation

Coronary aspirate TNFα reflects saphenous vein bypass graft restenosis risk in diabetic patients

Theodor Baars, Thomas Konorza, Philipp Kahlert, Stefan Möhlenkamp, Raimund Erbel, Gerd Heusch, Petra Kleinbongard

Open Access Original investigation

Transient decrease in serum potassium level during ischemic attack of acute coronary syndrome: Paradoxical contribution of plasma glucose level and glycohemoglobin

Hiroshi Sekiyama, Tomohisa Nagoshi, Kimiaki Komukai, Masato Matsushima, Daisuke Katoh, Kazuo Ogawa, Kosuke Minai, Takayuki Ogawa, Michihiro Yoshimura

Open Access Original investigation

Correlation between mean platelet volume and fasting plasma glucose levels in prediabetic and normoglycemic individuals

Masanori Shimodaira, Tomohiro Niwa, Koji Nakajima, Mutsuhiro Kobayashi, Norinao Hanyu, Tomohiro Nakayama

Open Access Original investigation

Glycemic variability is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients

Yifei Mo, Jian Zhou, Mei Li, Yuwei Wang, Yuqian Bao, Xiaojing Ma, Ding Li, Wei Lu, Cheng Hu, Minghua Li, Weiping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of carotid atherosclerosis in newly diagnosed patients with ketosis-onset diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Lian-Xi Li, Cui-Chun Zhao, Ying Ren, Yin-Fang Tu, Jun-Xi Lu, Xing Wu, Wei-Xing Zhang, Jia-An Zhu, Mei-Fang Li, Li-Bo Yu, Yu-Qian Bao, Wei-Ping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Myocardial impulse propagation is impaired in right ventricular tissue of Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rats

Kristine Boisen Olsen, Lene Nygaard Axelsen, Thomas Hartig Braunstein, Charlotte Mehlin Sørensen, Claus B Andersen, Thorkil Ploug, Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Morten Schak Nielsen

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma concentrations of extracellular matrix protein fibulin-1 are related to cardiovascular risk markers in chronic kidney disease and diabetes

Alexandra Scholze, Else-Marie Bladbjerg, Johannes J Sidelmann, Axel CP Diederichsen, Hans Mickley, Mads Nybo, W Scott Argraves, Peter Marckmann, Lars M Rasmussen

Open Access Original investigation

Lipoprotein lipase links vitamin D, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional epidemiological study

Yifan Huang, Xiaoxia Li, Maoqing Wang, Hua Ning, Lima A, Ying Li, Changhao Sun

Open Access Original investigation

Relationship between Advanced Glycation End Products and Plaque Progression in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: The JAPAN-ACS Sub-study

Yoshifumi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Daida, Takeshi Morimoto, Takatoshi Kasai, Katsumi Miyauchi, Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Masayoshi Takeuchi, Takafumi Hiro, Takeshi Kimura, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Masakazu Yamagishi, Yukio Ozaki, Masunori Matsuzaki

Open Access Original investigation

Genetic analysis of haptoglobin polymorphisms with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in the diabetes heart study

Jeremy N Adams, Amanda J Cox, Barry I Freedman, Carl D Langefeld, J Jeffrey Carr, Donald W Bowden

Open Access Original investigation

Propofol protects against high glucose-induced endothelial adhesion molecules expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Minmin Zhu, Jiawei Chen, Hui Jiang, Changhong Miao

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiovascular safety of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a pooled analysis

Samuel S Engel, Gregory T Golm, Deborah Shapiro, Michael J Davies, Keith D Kaufman, Barry J Goldstein

Open Access Original investigation

Influence of fibrinogen and C-RP on progression of peripheral arterial disease in type 2 diabetes: a preliminary report

Marijan Bosevski, Golubinka Bosevska, Lily Stojanovska

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiovascular risk escalation with caloric excess: a prospective demonstration of the mechanics in healthy adults

Alok K Gupta, William D Johnson, Darcy Johannsen, Eric Ravussin

Open Access Original investigation

Changes of serum angiogenic factors concentrations in patients with diabetes and unstable angina pectoris

Chun Gui, Shi-kang Li, Qin-ling Nong, Fang Du, Li-guang Zhu, Zhi-yu Zeng

Open Access Original investigation

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and food restriction restore delayed preconditioning in diabetic mice

Gerry Van der Mieren, Ines Nevelsteen, Annelies Vanderper, Wouter Oosterlinck, Willem Flameng, Paul Herijgers

Open Access Original investigation

Influencing factors on cardiac structure and function beyond glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Ryoko Ichikawa, Masao Daimon, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Takayuki Kawata, Sakiko Miyazaki, Masaki Maruyama, Shuo-Ju Chiang, Hiromasa Suzuki, Chiharu Ito, Fumihiko Sato, Hirotaka Watada, Hiroyuki Daida

Open Access Original investigation

Metabolic predictors of ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular attack in elderly diabetic individuals: difference in risk by age

Toshio Hayashi, Atsushi Araki, Seinosuke Kawashima, Hirohito Sone, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takashi Ohrui, Koutaro Yokote, Minoru Takemoto, Kiyoshi Kubota, Mitsuhiko Noda, Hiroshi Noto, Koichiro Ina, Hideki Nomura

Open Access Original investigation

Blood glucose may be an alternative to cholesterol in CVD risk prediction charts

Julia Braun, Matthias Bopp, David Faeh

Open Access Review

Diabetes, perioperative ischaemia and volatile anaesthetics: consequences of derangements in myocardial substrate metabolism

Charissa E van den Brom, Carolien SE Bulte, Stephan A Loer, R Arthur Bouwman, Christa Boer

Open Access Original investigation

Differential impact of metabolic syndrome on subclinical atherosclerosis according to the presence of diabetes

Ki-Bum Won, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Hyeon-Chang Kim, Kyewon Jeon, Hancheol Lee, Sanghoon Shin, In-Jeong Cho, Sung-Ha Park, Sang-Hak Lee, Yangsoo Jang

Open Access Original investigation

Changes in red blood cell membrane structure in type 2 diabetes: a scanning electron and atomic force microscopy study

Antoinette V Buys, Mia-Jean Van Rooy, Prashilla Soma, Dirk Van Papendorp, Boguslaw Lipinski, Etheresia Pretorius

Open Access Original investigation

Early cardiac changes in a rat model of prediabetes: brain natriuretic peptide overexpression seems to be the best marker

Sara Nunes, Edna Soares, João Fernandes, Sofia Viana, Eugénia Carvalho, Frederico C Pereira, Flávio Reis

Open Access Original investigation

Metabolic syndrome influences cardiac gene expression pattern at the transcript level in male ZDF rats

Márta Sárközy, Ágnes Zvara, Nóra Gyémánt, Veronika Fekete, Gabriella F Kocsis, Judit Pipis, Gergő Szűcs, Csaba Csonka, László G Puskás, Péter Ferdinandy, Tamás Csont

Open Access Original investigation

High-density lipoprotein of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus upregulates cyclooxgenase-2 expression and prostacyclin I-2 release in endothelial cells: relationship with HDL-associated sphingosine-1-phosphate

Xunliang Tong, Hui Peng, Donghui Liu, Liang Ji, Chenguang Niu, Jun Ren, Bing Pan, Jianying Hu, Lemin Zheng, Yining Huang

Open Access Original investigation

Intense exercise training is not effective to restore the endothelial NO-dependent relaxation in STZ-diabetic rat aorta

Mohamed Sami Zguira, Sophie Vincent, Solène Le Douairon Lahaye, Ludivine Malarde, Zouhair Tabka, Bernard Saïag

Open Access Original investigation

Treatment with a copper-selective chelator causes substantive improvement in cardiac function of diabetic rats with left-ventricular impairment

Jun Lu, Beau Pontré, Stephen Pickup, Soon Y Choong, Mingming Li, Hong Xu, Gregory D Gamble, Anthony RJ Phillips, Brett R Cowan, Alistair A Young, Garth JS Cooper

Open Access Original investigation

Discriminant ratio and biometrical equivalence of measured vs. calculated apolipoprotein B100 in patients with T2DM

Michel P Hermans, Sylvie A Ahn, Michel F Rousseau

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of sitagliptin beyond glycemic control: focus on quality of life

Yoshiko Sakamoto, Jun-ichi Oyama, Hideo Ikeda, Shigetaka Kuroki, Shigeki Gondo, Taketo Iwamoto, Yasufumi Uchida, Kazuhisa Kodama, Atsushi Hiwatashi, Mitsuhiro Shimomura, Isao Taguchi, Teruo Inoue, Koichi Node

Open Access Original investigation

Antidiabetic treatment restores adiponectin serum levels and APPL1 expression, but does not improve adiponectin-induced vasodilation and endothelial dysfunction in Zucker diabetic fatty rats

Peter M Schmid, Markus Resch, Christian Schach, Christoph Birner, Guenter A Riegger, Andreas Luchner, Dierk H Endemann

Open Access Original investigation

Co-morbidity but not dysglycaemia reduces quality of life in patients with type-2 diabetes treated with oral mono- or dual combination therapy – an analysis of the DiaRegis registry

Jürgen Wasem, Peter Bramlage, Anselm K Gitt, Christiane Binz, Michael Krekler, Evelin Deeg, Diethelm Tschöpe

Open Access Original investigation

20/(fasting C-peptide × fasting plasma glucose) is a simple and effective index of insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a preliminary report

Tsuyoshi Ohkura, Hideki Shiochi, Youhei Fujioka, Keisuke Sumi, Naoya Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Matsuzawa, Shoichiro Izawa, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Hiroko Ohkura, Masahiko Kato, Shin-ichi Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Yamamoto

Open Access Original investigation

Prognostic value of early in-hospital glycemic excursion in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

Gong Su, Shu-hua Mi, Zhao Li, Hong Tao, Hong-xia Yang, Hong Zheng

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers

Alexander Tenenbaum, Enrique Fisman

Open Access Original investigation

Anti-inflammatory effects of triptolide improve left ventricular function in a rat model of diabetic cardiomyopathy

He-Ling Wen, Zhong-Shu Liang, Rui Zhang, Kan Yang

Open Access Original investigation

Preserved endothelium-dependent dilatation of the coronary microvasculature at the early phase of diabetes mellitus despite the increased oxidative stress and depressed cardiac mechanical function ex vivo

Evangelia Mourmoura, Guillaume Vial, Brigitte Laillet, Jean-Paul Rigaudière, Isabelle Hininger-Favier, Hervé Dubouchaud, Beatrice Morio, Luc Demaison

Open Access Original investigation

Role of ROCK upregulation in endothelial and smooth muscle vascular functions in diabetic rat aorta

Figen Amber Cicek, Hilmi B Kandilci, Belma Turan

Open Access Original investigation

Zinc protects against diabetes-induced pathogenic changes in the aorta: roles of metallothionein and nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2

Xiao Miao, Yonggang Wang, Jian Sun, Weixia Sun, Yi Tan, Lu Cai, Yang Zheng, Guanfang Su, Quan Liu, Yuehui Wang

Open Access Original investigation

Serum pigment epithelium-derived factor levels are independently correlated with the presence of coronary artery disease

Feifei Wang, Xiaojing Ma, Mi Zhou, Xiaoping Pan, Jie Ni, Meifang Gao, Zhigang Lu, Jingyu Hang, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Metabolic disturbances and worsening of atherosclerotic lesions in ApoE-/- mice after cola beverages drinking

Matilde E Otero-Losada, Santiago Mc Loughlin, Gastón Rodríguez-Granillo, Angélica Müller, Graciela Ottaviano, Marisa Moriondo, Juan C Cutrin, José Milei

Open Access Original investigation

Diabetes abrogates sex differences and aggravates cardiometabolic risk in postmenopausal women

Filipa Mascarenhas-Melo, Daniela Marado, Filipe Palavra, José Sereno, Álvaro Coelho, Rui Pinto, Edite Teixeira-Lemos, Frederico Teixeira, Flávio Reis

Open Access Original investigation

Structured health care for subjects with diabetic foot ulcers results in a reduction of major amputation rates

Matthias Weck, Torsten Slesaczeck, Hartmut Paetzold, Dirk Muench, Thomas Nanning, Georg von Gagern, Andrej Brechow, Ulf Dietrich, Mandy Holfert, Stefan Bornstein, Andreas Barthel, Antje Thomas, Carsta Koehler, Markolf Hanefeld

Open Access Original investigation

Glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria predict mortality independently from coronary artery calcified plaque in the Diabetes Heart Study

Amanda J Cox, Fang-Chi Hsu, J Jeffrey Carr, Barry I Freedman, Donald W Bowden

Open Access Original investigation

Heparanase induced by advanced glycation end products (AGEs) promotes macrophage migration involving RAGE and PI3K/AKT pathway

Qiaojing Qin, Jianying Niu, Zhaoxia Wang, Wangjie Xu, Zhongdong Qiao, Yong Gu

Open Access Original investigation

Sitagliptin pretreatment in diabetes patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome: results from the Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Survey (ACSIS)

Eyal Leibovitz, Shmuel Gottlieb, Ilan Goldenberg, Natalie Gevrielov-Yusim, Shlomi Matetzky, Dov Gavish

Open Access Original investigation

Vildagliptin in addition to metformin improves retinal blood flow and erythrocyte deformability in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus – results from an exploratory study

Christine Berndt-Zipfel, Georg Michelson, Markus Dworak, Michael Mitry, Andrea Löffler, Andreas Pfützner, Thomas Forst

Open Access Original investigation

The adaptability of red blood cells

Etheresia Pretorius

Open Access Original investigation

Early impairment of contractility reserve in patients with insulin resistance in comparison with healthy subjects

Christian Cadeddu, Silvio Nocco, Davide Piano, Martino Deidda, Efisio Cossu, Marco Giorgio Baroni, Giuseppe Mercuro

Open Access Original investigation

The protective effect and underlying mechanism of metformin on neointima formation in fructose-induced insulin resistant rats

Jianxin Lu, Jingzhang Ji, Howard Meng, David Wang, Bo Jiang, Lixin Liu, Edward Randell, Khosrow Adeli, Qing H Meng

Open Access Original investigation

Asymmetric dimethylarginine predicts decline of glucose tolerance in men with stable coronary artery disease: a 4.5-year follow-up study

Andrzej Surdacki, Olga Kruszelnicka, Tomasz Rakowski, Aleksandra Jaźwińska-Kozuba, Jacek S Dubiel

Open Access Original investigation

TRPV1-mediated UCP2 upregulation ameliorates hyperglycemia-induced endothelial dysfunction

Jing Sun, Yunfei Pu, Peijian Wang, Sijiao Chen, Yu Zhao, Chan Liu, Qianhui Shang, Zhiming Zhu, Daoyan Liu

Open Access Original investigation

Common variants in adiponectin gene are associated with coronary artery disease and angiographical severity of coronary atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes

Guoxin Tong, Ningfu Wang, Jianhang Leng, Xiaoshan Tong, Yun Shen, Jianmin Yang, Xianhua Ye, Liang Zhou, Yujie Zhou

Open Access Original investigation

The sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor empagliflozin does not prolong QT interval in a thorough QT (TQT) study

Arne Ring, Tobias Brand, Sreeraj Macha, Kerstin Breithaupt-Groegler, Gudrun Simons, Beate Walter, Hans J Woerle, Uli C Broedl

Open Access Original investigation

Impact of post-challenge hyperglycemia on clinical outcomes in japanese patients with stable angina undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Shoichi Kuramitsu, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Takenori Domei, Akihiro Nomura, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Kyohei Yamaji, Yoshimitsu Soga, Takeshi Arita, Katsuhiro Kondo, Shinichi Shirai, Kenji Ando, Koyu Sakai, Masashi Iwabuchi, Hedeyuki Nosaka, Masakiyo Nobuyoshi

Open Access Original investigation

Parallel evolution of circulating FABP4 and NT-proBNP in heart failure patients

Anna Cabré, Pilar Valdovinos, Iolanda Lázaro, Gil Bonet, Alfredo Bardají, Lluís Masana

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of 24-week treatment with acarbose on glucagon-like peptide 1 in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients: a preliminary report

Miao-yan Zheng, Ju-hong Yang, Chun-yan Shan, Hong-tao Zhou, Yan-guang Xu, Ying Wang, Hui-zhu Ren, Bao-cheng Chang, Li-ming Chen

Open Access Original investigation

Role of Kir6.2 subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in endotoxemia-induced cardiac dysfunction

Zhong-Wei Yang, Ji-Kuai Chen, Min Ni, Ting Zhao, Ya-Ping Deng, Xia Tao, Guo-Jun Jiang, Fu-Ming Shen

Open Access Original investigation

Neck circumference as an independent predictive contributor to cardio-metabolic syndrome

Jing-ya Zhou, Hui Ge, Ming-fan Zhu, Li-jun Wang, Li Chen, Yao-zong Tan, Yu-ming Chen, Hui-lian Zhu

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of co-administration of candesartan with pioglitazone on inflammatory parameters in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a preliminary report

Hirofumi Suzuki, Masaya Sakamoto, Takeshi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Iuchi, Kennosuke Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Isaka, Noriko Sakamoto, Yosuke Kayama, Katsuyoshi Tojo, Michihiro Yoshimura, Kazunori Utsunomiya

Open Access Review

The role of co-morbidity in the selection of antidiabetic pharmacotherapy in type-2 diabetes

Diethelm Tschöpe, Markolf Hanefeld, Juris J Meier, Anselm K Gitt, Martin Halle, Peter Bramlage, Petra-Maria Schumm-Draeger

Open Access Original investigation

AT1-receptor-deficiency induced atheroprotection in diabetic mice is partially mediated via PPARγ

Vedat Tiyerili, Ulrich M Becher, Adem Aksoy, Dieter Lütjohann, Sven Wassmann, Georg Nickenig, Cornelius FH Mueller

Open Access Original investigation

Sex-specific-differences in cardiometabolic risk in type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Kathrin Stich, Juliane Hintersteiner, Alexander Kautzky, Majid Reza Kamyar, Johannes Saukel, Julienne Johnson, Rosa Lemmens-Gruber

Open Access Commentary

Management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes: evidence and uncertainty

Katherine Esposito, Sandro Gentile, Riccardo Candido, Alberto De Micheli, Marco Gallo, Gerardo Medea, Antonio Ceriello

Open Access Original investigation

Extensive impact of saturated fatty acids on metabolic and cardiovascular profile in rats with diet-induced obesity: a canonical analysis

Silvio A Oliveira Junior, Carlos R Padovani, Sergio A Rodrigues, Nilza R Silva, Paula F Martinez, Dijon HS Campos, Marina P Okoshi, Katashi Okoshi, Maeli Dal-Pai, Antonio C Cicogna

Open Access Original investigation

HbA1c versus oral glucose tolerance test as a method to diagnose diabetes mellitus in vascular surgery patients

Iren D Hjellestad, Marianne C Astor, Roy M Nilsen, Eirik Søfteland, Torbjørn Jonung

Open Access Original investigation

High glucose induces upregulation of scavenger receptors and promotes maturation of dendritic cells

Hao Lu, Kang Yao, Dong Huang, Aijun Sun, Yunzeng Zou, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge

Open Access Original investigation

New concept of myocardial longitudinal strain reserve assessed by a dipyridamole infusion using 2D-strain echocardiography: the impact of diabetes and age, and the prognostic value

Thomas Cognet, Paul-Louis Vervueren, Laurent Dercle, Delphine Bastié, Rainui Richaud, Matthieu Berry, Pauline Marchal, Matthieu Gautier, Audrey Fouilloux, Michel Galinier, Didier Carrié, Pierre Massabuau, Isabelle Berry, Olivier Lairez

Open Access Original investigation

Remodelling of the intracardiac ganglia in diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats: an anatomical study

Darius Batulevicius, Thomas Frese, Elmar Peschke, Dainius H Pauza, Vaida Batuleviciene

Open Access Original investigation

Comparative effect of clopidogrel and aspirin versus aspirin alone on laboratory parameters: a retrospective, observational, cohort study

Yasuo Takahashi, Yayoi Nishida, Tomohiro Nakayama, Satoshi Asai

Open Access Original investigation

Miglitol improves postprandial endothelial dysfunction in patients with acute coronary syndrome and new-onset postprandial hyperglycemia

Daisuke Kitano, Masaaki Chiku, Yuxin Li, Yasuo Okumura, Daisuke Fukamachi, Tadateru Takayama, Takafumi Hiro, Satoshi Saito, Atsushi Hirayama

Open Access Original investigation

Metabolic syndrome and abdominal fat are associated with inflammation, but not with clinical outcomes, in peritoneal dialysis patients

Jenq-Wen Huang, Chung-Yi Yang, Hon-Yen Wu, Kao-Lang Liu, Chi-Ting Su, Cho-Kai Wu, Jen-Kuang Lee, Chih-Kang Chiang, Hui-Teng Cheng, Yu-Chung Lien, Kuan-Yu Hung

Open Access Original investigation

Impact of HDL genetic risk scores on coronary artery calcified plaque and mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes from the Diabetes Heart Study

Laura M Raffield, Amanda J Cox, Fang-Chi Hsu, Maggie C-Y Ng, Carl D Langefeld, J Jeffrey Carr, Barry I Freedman, Donald W Bowden

Open Access Original investigation

Metabolic, hemodynamic and structural adjustments to low intensity exercise training in a metabolic syndrome model

Eduardo Morvan, Nathalia Edviges Alves Lima, Jacqueline Freire Machi, Cristiano Mostarda, Kátia De Angelis, Maria Cláudia Irigoyen, Rogério Brandão Wichi, Bruno Rodrigues, Laura Beatriz Mesiano Maifrino

Open Access Original investigation

Vascular complications and changes in body mass index in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients with abdominal obesity

Hirofumi Nagao, Susumu Kashine, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Takuya Okada, Takekazu Kimura, Ayumu Hirata, Shiro Fukuda, Junji Kozawa, Norikazu Maeda, Tetsuhiro Kitamura, Tetsuyuki Yasuda, Kohei Okita, Toshiyuki Hibuse, Mamiko Tsugawa, Akihisa Imagawa, Tohru Funahashi, Iichiro Shimomura

Open Access Original investigation

Intermedin protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in diabetic rats

Hong Li, Yunfei Bian, Nana Zhang, Jia Guo, Cheng Wang, Wayne Bond Lau, Chuanshi Xiao

Open Access Original investigation

Association of arterial stiffness with single nucleotide polymorphism rs1333049 and metabolic risk factors

Suphawadee Phababpha, Upa Kukongviriyapan, Poungrat Pakdeechote, Laddawan Senggunprai, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan, Chatri Settasatian, Pyatat Tatsanavivat, Phongsak Intharaphet, Vichai Senthong, Nantarat Komanasin, Nongnuch Settasatian, Stephen E Greenwald

Open Access Original investigation

Vitamin C further improves the protective effect of GLP-1 on the ischemia-reperfusion-like effect induced by hyperglycemia post-hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes

Antonio Ceriello, Anna Novials, Emilio Ortega, Silvia Canivell, Gemma Pujadas, Lucia La Sala, Loredana Bucciarelli, Maurizio Rondinelli, Stefano Genovese

Open Access Original investigation

Association of subclinical myocardial injury with arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Kai-Hang Yiu, Chun-Ting Zhao, Yan Chen, Chung-Wah Siu, Yap-Hang Chan, Kui-Kai Lau, Shasha Liu, Chu-Pak Lau, Hung-Fat Tse

Open Access Original investigation

Caffeic acid phenethyl amide improves glucose homeostasis and attenuates the progression of vascular dysfunction in Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Yi-Jin Ho, Wen-Pin Chen, Tzong-Cherng Chi, Ching-Chia Chang Chien, An-Sheng Lee, Hsi-Lin Chiu, Yueh-Hsiung Kuo, Ming-Jai Su

Open Access Original investigation

Stiffness memory of EA.hy926 endothelial cells in response to chronic hyperglycemia

Marta Targosz-Korecka, Grzegorz D Brzezinka, Katarzyna E Malek, Ewa Stȩpień, Marek Szymonski

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of FTO RS9939906 and MC4R RS17782313 on obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and blood pressure in patients with hypertension

Aline Marcadenti, Flavio D Fuchs, Ursula Matte, Fernanda Sperb, Leila B Moreira, Sandra C Fuchs

Open Access Original investigation

Plaque vulnerability of coronary artery lesions is related to left ventricular dilatation as determined by optical coherence tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with type 2 diabetes

Mathias Burgmaier, Michael Frick, Ana Liberman, Simone Battermann, Martin Hellmich, Walter Lehmacher, Agnes Jaskolka, Nikolaus Marx, Sebastian Reith

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of icosapent ethyl on lipid and inflammatory parameters in patients with diabetes mellitus-2, residual elevated triglycerides (200–500 mg/dL), and on statin therapy at LDL-C goal: the ANCHOR study

Eliot A Brinton, Christie M Ballantyne, Harold E Bays, John J Kastelein, Rene A Braeckman, Paresh N Soni

Open Access Original investigation

Insulin resistance is significantly associated with the metabolic syndrome, but not with sonographically proven peripheral arterial disease

Alexander Vonbank, Christoph H Saely, Philipp Rein, Heinz Drexel

Open Access Original investigation

Low-grade albuminuria is associated with early but not late carotid atherosclerotic lesions in community-based patients with type 2 diabetes

Mei-Fang Li, Yin-Fang Tu, Lian-Xi Li, Jun-Xi Lu, Xue-Hong Dong, Li-Bo Yu, Rong Zhang, Yu-Qian Bao, Wei-Ping Jia, Ren-Ming Hu

Open Access Original investigation

Genetic variants predicting left ventricular hypertrophy in a diabetic population: a Go-DARTS study including meta-analysis

Helen M Parry, Louise A Donnelly, Natalie Van Zuydam, Alexander SF Doney, Douglas HJ Elder, Andrew D Morris, Alan D Struthers, Colin NA Palmer, Chim C Lang

Open Access Original investigation

Association between serum adipocyte fatty-acid binding protein concentrations, left ventricular function and myocardial perfusion abnormalities in patients with coronary artery disease

Chi-Lun Huang, Yen-Wen Wu, Chih-Cheng Wu, Lin Lin, Yu-Chin Wu, Pei-Ying Hsu, Yuh-Shiun Jong, Wei-Shiung Yang

Open Access Original investigation

Acute Rho-kinase inhibition improves coronary dysfunction in vivo, in the early diabetic microcirculation

James T Pearson, Mathew J Jenkins, Amanda J Edgley, Takashi Sonobe, Mandar Joshi, Mark T Waddingham, Yutaka Fujii, Daryl O Schwenke, Hirotsugu Tsuchimochi, Misa Yoshimoto, Keiji Umetani, Darren J Kelly, Mikiyasu Shirai

Open Access Original investigation

Hemoglobin A1c variability as an independent correlate of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis of the Renal Insufficiency and Cardiovascular Events (RIACE) Italian Multicenter Study

Giuseppe Penno, Anna Solini, Giacomo Zoppini, Emanuela Orsi, Cecilia Fondelli, Gianpaolo Zerbini, Susanna Morano, Franco Cavalot, Olga Lamacchia, Roberto Trevisan, Monica Vedovato, Giuseppe Pugliese

Open Access Original investigation

Impaired skin microcirculation in paediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Mirjam Heimhalt-El Hamriti, Corinna Schreiver, Anja Noerenberg, Julia Scheffler, Ulrike Jacoby, Dieter Haffner, Dagmar-C Fischer

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma levels of the arterial wall protein fibulin-1 are associated with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity: a cross-sectional study

Esben Laugesen, Pernille Høyem, Jens Sandahl Christiansen, Søren Tang Knudsen, Klavs Würgler Hansen, W Scott Argraves, Troels Krarup Hansen, Per Løgstrup Poulsen, Lars Melholt Rasmussen

Open Access Original investigation

Vitamin D supplementation in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 on different therapeutic regimens: a one-year prospective study

Khalid M Alkharfy, Nasser M Al-Daghri, Shaun B Sabico, Abdulaziz Al-Othman, Osama Moharram, Majed S Alokail, Yousef Al-Saleh, Sudhesh Kumar, George P Chrousos

Open Access Original investigation

The neurogenic response of cardiac resident nestin(+) cells was associated with GAP43 upregulation and abrogated in a setting of type I diabetes

Andreanne Chabot, Marc-Andre Meus, Vanessa Hertig, Natacha Duquette, Angelino Calderone

Open Access Original investigation

Association of circulating levels of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT/Visfatin) and of a frequent polymorphism in the promoter of the NAMPT gene with coronary artery disease in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects

Pedro Saddi-Rosa, Carolina Soares Oliveira, Felipe Crispim, Fernando MA Giuffrida, Valter Correia de Lima, José Gilberto Vieira, Alessandro Doria, Gilberto Velho, André Fernandes Reis

Open Access Original investigation

Circulating alpha-klotho levels are not disturbed in patients with type 2 diabetes with and without macrovascular disease in the absence of nephropathy

Joris van Ark, Hans-Peter Hammes, Marcory C R F van Dijk, Marc G Vervloet, Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel, Harry van Goor, Jan-Luuk Hillebrands

Open Access Original investigation

Circulating concentrations of GLP-1 are associated with coronary atherosclerosis in humans

Katja Piotrowski, Melanie Becker, Julia Zugwurst, Ingeborg Biller-Friedmann, Gerald Spoettl, Martin Greif, Alexander W Leber, Alexander Becker, Rüdiger P Laubender, Corinna Lebherz, Burkhard Goeke, Nikolaus Marx, Klaus G Parhofer, Michael Lehrke

Open Access Original investigation

Prognostic value of coronary flow reserve assessed by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography on long-term outcome in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes without overt coronary artery disease

Takayuki Kawata, Masao Daimon, Rei Hasegawa, Tomohiko Toyoda, Tai Sekine, Toshiharu Himi, Daigaku Uchida, Sakiko Miyazaki, Kuniaki Hirose, Ryoko Ichikawa, Masaki Maruyama, Hiromasa Suzuki, Hiroyuki Daida

Open Access Original investigation

24-hour central aortic systolic pressure and 24-hour central pulse pressure are related to diabetic complications in type 1 diabetes – a cross-sectional study

Simone Theilade, Maria Lajer, Tine Willum Hansen, Christel Joergensen, Frederik Persson, Gudbjörg Andrésdottir, Henrik Reinhard, Stine Elkjær Nielsen, Peter Lacy, Bryan Williams, Peter Rossing

Open Access Study protocol

Efficacy and safety of combination therapy with vildagliptin and metformin versus metformin up-titration in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: study design and rationale of the vision study

Li-Nong Ji, Chang-Yu Pan, Ju-Ming Lu, Hong Li, Qiang Li, Qi-Fu Li, Yong-De Peng, Hao-Ming Tian, Chen Yao, Zhi-Gang Zhao, Ru-Ya Zhang, Xiang-Ling Wang, Lei Wang

Open Access Original investigation

Additive relationship between serum fibroblast growth factor 21 level and coronary artery disease

Yun Shen, Xiaojing Ma, Jian Zhou, Xiaoping Pan, Yaping Hao, Mi Zhou, Zhigang Lu, Meifang Gao, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Interleukin-6 and activin A are independently associated with cardiovascular events and mortality in type 2 diabetes: the prospective Asker and Bærum Cardiovascular Diabetes (ABCD) cohort study

Anne Pernille Ofstad, Lars Gullestad, Elsa Orvik, Svend Aakhus, Knut Endresen, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Morten W Fagerland, Kåre I Birkeland, Odd Erik Johansen

Open Access Original investigation

Accumulation of epicardial fat rather than visceral fat is an independent risk factor for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Heng-Hsu Lin, Jen-Kuang Lee, Chung-Yi Yang, Yu-Chung Lien, Jenq-Wen Huang, Cho-Kai Wu

Open Access Original investigation

Blood lead is significantly associated with metabolic syndrome in Korean adults: an analysis based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2008

Sang Youl Rhee, You-Cheol Hwang, Jeong-taek Woo, Dong Hyun Sinn, Sang Ouk Chin, Suk Chon, Young Seol Young Seol Kim

Open Access Original investigation

Association between aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 polymorphisms and the incidence of diabetic retinopathy among Japanese subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Kazunori Morita, Junji Saruwatari, Haruna Miyagawa, Yoshihiro Uchiyashiki, Kentaro Oniki, Misaki Sakata, Ayami Kajiwara, Akira Yoshida, Hideaki Jinnouchi, Kazuko Nakagawa

Open Access Original investigation

Susceptibility to myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury at early stage of type 1 diabetes in rats

Haobo Li, Zipeng Liu, Junwen Wang, Gordon T Wong, Chi-Wai Cheung, Liangqing Zhang, Can Chen, Zhengyuan Xia, Michael G Irwin

Open Access Original investigation

Impact of the LDL subfraction phenotype on Lp-PLA2 distribution, LDL modification and HDL composition in type 2 diabetes

Jose Luis Sánchez-Quesada, Irene Vinagre, Elena De Juan-Franco, Juan Sánchez-Hernández, Rosa Bonet-Marques, Francisco Blanco-Vaca, Jordi Ordóñez-Llanos, Antonio Pérez

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Circulating alpha-klotho levels are not disturbed in patients with type 2 diabetes with and without macrovascular disease in the absence of nephropathy

Joris van Ark, Hans-Peter Hammes, Marcory CRF van Dijk, Chris PH Lexis, Iwan CC van der Horst, Clark J Zeebregts, Marc G Vervloet, Bruce HR Wolffenbuttel, Harry van Goor, Jan-Luuk Hillebrands

Open Access Original investigation

Protection of the heart by treatment with a divalent-copper-selective chelator reveals a novel mechanism underlying cardiomyopathy in diabetic rats

Lin Zhang, Marie-Louise Ward, Anthony RJ Phillips, Shaoping Zhang, John Kennedy, Bernard Barry, Mark B Cannell, Garth JS Cooper

Open Access Original investigation

Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for the infarcted heart: therapeutic potential for insulin resistance beyond the heart

Curtis C Hughey, Lianli Ma, Freyja D James, Deanna P Bracy, Zhizhang Wang, David H Wasserman, Jeffrey N Rottman, Dustin S Hittel, Jane Shearer

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiac metabolism in a new rat model of type 2 diabetes using high-fat diet with low dose streptozotocin

Latt S Mansor, Eileen R Gonzalez, Mark A Cole, Damian J Tyler, Jessica H Beeson, Kieran Clarke, Carolyn A Carr, Lisa C Heather

Open Access Review

Cardiac implications of hypoglycaemia in patients with diabetes – a systematic review

Markolf Hanefeld, Eva Duetting, Peter Bramlage

Open Access Original investigation

Urinary adiponectin concentration is positively associated with micro- and macro-vascular complications

Won Seon Jeon, Ji Woo Park, Namseok Lee, Se Eun Park, Eun Jung Rhee, Won Young Lee, Ki Won Oh, Sung Woo Park, Cheol-Young Park, Byung-Soo Youn

Open Access Original investigation

Lipoprotein(a) is not related to markers of insulin resistance in pregnancy

Jelena Todoric, Ammon Handisurya, Karoline Leitner, Juergen Harreiter, Gregor Hoermann, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

Open Access Original investigation

Usefulness of metabolic syndrome score in the prediction of angiographic coronary artery disease severity according to the presence of diabetes mellitus: relation with inflammatory markers and adipokines

Jong-Youn Kim, Eui-Young Choi, Hee-Sun Mun, Pil-Ki Min, Young-Won Yoon, Byoung Kwon Lee, Bum-Kee Hong, Se-Joong Rim, Hyuck Moon Kwon

Open Access Study protocol

Rationale and design of a randomized trial on the impact of aldosterone antagonism on cardiac structure and function in diabetic cardiomyopathy

Melissa Leung, Vincent W Wong, Stephane Heritier, Anastasia S Mihailidou, Dominic Y Leung

Open Access Original investigation

Hyperglycemia induces differential change in oxidative stress at gene expression and functional levels in HUVEC and HMVEC

Hemang Patel, Juan Chen, Kumuda C Das, Mahendra Kavdia

Open Access Original investigation

The activity of circulating dipeptidyl peptidase-4 is associated with subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Susana Ravassa, Joaquín Barba, Isabel Coma-Canella, Ana Huerta, Begoña López, Arantxa González, Javier Díez

Open Access Original investigation

Serum electrolyte levels in relation to macrovascular complications in Chinese patients with diabetes mellitus

Shenqi Wang, Xuhong Hou, Yu Liu, Huijuan Lu, Li Wei, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Interferon regulatory factor-1 together with reactive oxygen species promotes the acceleration of cell cycle progression by up-regulating the cyclin E and CDK2 genes during high glucose-induced proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells

Xi Zhang, Long Liu, Chao Chen, Ya-Li Chi, Xiang-Qun Yang, Yan Xu, Xiao-Tong Li, Shi-Lei Guo, Shao-Hu Xiong, Man-Ru Shen, Yu Sun, Chuan-Sen Zhang, Kai-Meng Hu

Open Access Original investigation

Novel fusion of GLP-1 with a domain antibody to serum albumin prolongs protection against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat

Weike Bao, Lucy J Holt, Rob D Prince, Gavin X Jones, Karpagam Aravindhan, Mathew Szapacs, April M Barbour, Larry J Jolivette, John J Lepore, Robert N Willette, Elena DeAngelis, Beat M Jucker

Open Access Original investigation

Activin a is associated with impaired myocardial glucose metabolism and left ventricular remodeling in patients with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes

Weena JY Chen, Sabrina Greulich, Rutger W van der Meer, Luuk J Rijzewijk, Hildo J Lamb, Albert de Roos, Johannes WA Smit, Johannes A Romijn, Johannes B Ruige, Adriaan A Lammertsma, Mark Lubberink, Michaela Diamant, D Margriet Ouwens

Open Access Original investigation

Preclinical atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome increase cardio- and cerebrovascular events rate: a 20-year follow up

Salvatore Novo, Angelica Peritore, Rosaria Linda Trovato, Francesco Paolo Guarneri, Daniela Di Lisi, Ida Muratori, Giuseppina Novo

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: The metabolic syndrome and progression of carotid atherosclerosis over 13 years: the Tromsø study

Marit Herder, Kjell Arne Arntzen, Stein Harald Johnsen, Ellisiv B Mathiesen

Open Access Original investigation

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and GLP-1 reduce myocardial infarct size in a glucose-dependent manner

Derek J Hausenloy, Hannah J Whittington, Abigail M Wynne, Shah S Begum, Louise Theodorou, Niels Riksen, Mihaela M Mocanu, Derek M Yellon

Open Access Review

Type 1 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Oliver Schnell, Francesco Cappuccio, Stefano Genovese, Eberhard Standl, Paul Valensi, Antonio Ceriello

Open Access Original investigation

The role of profilin-1 in endothelial cell injury induced by advanced glycation end products (AGEs)

Zhenyu Li, Qiaoqing Zhong, Tianlun Yang, Xiumei Xie, Meifang Chen

Open Access Original investigation

High sensitive C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A are inversely related to serum bilirubin: effect-modification by metabolic syndrome

Petronella E Deetman, Stephan JL Bakker, Robin PF Dullaart

Open Access Original investigation

Haemoglobin A1c even within non-diabetic level is a predictor of cardiovascular disease in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama Study

Fumie Ikeda, Yasufumi Doi, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Yoichiro Hirakawa, Naoko Mukai, Jun Hata, Kentaro Shikata, Daigo Yoshida, Takayuki Matsumoto, Takanari Kitazono, Yutaka Kiyohara

Open Access Original investigation

Long-term prognostic impact of cystatin c on acute coronary syndrome octogenarians with diabetes mellitus

Zhenhong Fu, Hao Xue, Jun Guo, Lian Chen, Wei Dong, Luyue Gai, Hongbin Liu, Zhijun Sun, Yundai Chen

Open Access Original investigation

Comparative effect of angiotensin II type I receptor blockers on serum uric acid in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective observational study

Yayoi Nishida, Yasuo Takahashi, Norio Susa, Nobukazu Kanou, Tomohiro Nakayama, Satoshi Asai

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of combination therapy with vildagliptin and valsartan in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes

Katsutoshi Miyagawa, Tatsuya Kondo, Rieko Goto, Rina Matsuyama, Kaoru Ono, Sayaka Kitano, Shuji Kawasaki, Motoyuki Igata, Junji Kawashima, Takeshi Matsumura, Hiroyuki Motoshima, Eiichi Araki

Open Access Original investigation

Coronary calcium in patients with and without diabetes: first manifestation of acute or chronic coronary events is characterized by different calcification patterns

Joseph Shemesh, Alexander Tenenbaum, Enrique Z Fisman, Nira Koren-Morag, Ehud Grossman

Open Access Original investigation

Arterial stiffness, fatty liver and the presence of coronary artery calcium in a large population cohort

Ki-Chul Sung, Young-Hyo Lim, Sungha Park, Seok-Min Kang, Jeong Bae Park, Byung-Jin Kim, Jin-Ho Shin

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma copeptin levels are inversely associated with intima-media-thickness in men: the population-based KORA F4 study

Cornelia Then, Bernd Kowall, Andreas Lechner, Christa Meisinger, Margit Heier, Wolfgang Koenig, Annette Peters, Joachim Thiery, Wolfgang Rathmann, Jochen Seissler

Open Access Original investigation

Obesity and high waist circumference are associated with low circulating pentraxin-3 in acute coronary syndrome

Rocco Barazzoni, Aneta Aleksova, Cosimo Carriere, Maria Rosa Cattin, Michela Zanetti, Pierandrea Vinci, Davide Stolfo, Gianfranco Guarnieri, Gianfranco Sinagra

Open Access Original investigation

Angiotensin type 1a receptor-deficient mice develop diabetes-induced cardiac dysfunction, which is prevented by renin-angiotensin system inhibitors

Qian Chen Yong, Candice M Thomas, Rachid Seqqat, Niketa Chandel, Kenneth M Baker, Rajesh Kumar

Open Access Original investigation

High admission glucose levels increase Fas apoptosis and mortality in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study

Jing Chang, Gong Zhang, Li Zhang, Yuan-Ping Hou, Xiu-Lan Liu, Lin Zhang

Open Access Original investigation

Metabolism of plasma cholesterol and lipoprotein parameters are related to a higher degree of insulin sensitivity in high HDL-C healthy normal weight subjects

Camila C Leança, Valéria S Nunes, Natália B Panzoldo, Vanessa S Zago, Eliane S Parra, Patrícia M Cazita, Matti Jauhiainen, Marisa Passarelli, Edna R Nakandakare, Eliana C de Faria, Eder CR Quintão

Open Access Original investigation

Total and high molecular weight adiponectin and ethnic-specific differences in adiposity and insulin resistance: a cross-sectional study

Dian C Sulistyoningrum, Danijela Gasevic, Scott A Lear, Joe Ho, Andrew Mente, Angela M Devlin

Open Access Original investigation

Do patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes really have an impaired endothelial function? A population-based propensity score matching analysis

Klaus Empen, Roberto Lorbeer, Henry Völzke, Thorsten Reffelmann, Sabine Schipf, Matthias Nauck, Wolfgang Kerner, Henri Wallaschofski, Stephan B Felix, Marcus Dörr

Open Access Original investigation

Eplerenone attenuated cardiac steatosis, apoptosis and diastolic dysfunction in experimental type-II diabetes

Elisa Ramírez, Mercedes Klett-Mingo, Sara Ares-Carrasco, Belén Picatoste, Alessia Ferrarini, Francisco J Rupérez, Alicia Caro-Vadillo, Coral Barbas, Jesús Egido, José Tuñón, Óscar Lorenzo

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of two weeks of metformin treatment on whole-body glycocalyx barrier properties in db/db mice

Bart JM Eskens, Coert J Zuurbier, Judith van Haare, Hans Vink, Jurgen WGE van Teeffelen

Open Access Original investigation

Serum lipocalin-2 levels positively correlate with coronary artery disease and metabolic syndrome

Jie Ni, Xiaojing Ma, Mi Zhou, Xiaoping Pan, Junling Tang, Yaping Hao, Zhigang Lu, Meifang Gao, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Association between circulating leukocyte subtype counts and carotid intima-media thickness in Japanese subjects with type 2 diabetes

Takeshi Matsumura, Kayo Taketa, Hiroyuki Motoshima, Takafumi Senokuchi, Norio Ishii, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Kazuki Fukuda, Sarie Yamada, Daisuke Kukidome, Tatsuya Kondo, Aya Hisada, Takahiko Katoh, Seiya Shimoda, Takeshi Nishikawa, Eiichi Araki

Open Access Original investigation

Methylglyoxal modulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase-associated functions in EA.hy926 endothelial cells

Yang Su, Syed M Qadri, Lingyun Wu, Lixin Liu

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma levels of advanced glycation endproducts are associated with type 1 diabetes and coronary artery calcification

Marcelle GA van Eupen, Miranda T Schram, Helen M Colhoun, Jean LJM Scheijen, Coen DA Stehouwer, Casper G Schalkwijk

Open Access Original investigation

Diabetes mellitus activates fetal gene program and intensifies cardiac remodeling and oxidative stress in aged spontaneously hypertensive rats

Camila Moreno Rosa, Natasha Priscilla Xavier, Dijon Henrique Campos, Ana Angélica Henrique Fernandes, Marcelo Diarcadia Mariano Cezar, Paula Felippe Martinez, Antonio Carlos Cicogna, Camila Gimenes, Rodrigo Gimenes, Marina Politi Okoshi, Katashi Okoshi

Open Access Original investigation

Association of increased serum glycated albumin levels with low coronary collateralization in type 2 diabetic patients with stable angina and chronic total occlusion

Ying Shen, Lin Lu, Feng Hua Ding, Zhen Sun, Rui Yan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Zheng Kun Yang, Jian Hu, Qiu Jing Chen, Wei Feng Shen

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