BACKGROUND Circulating endothelial progenitors cells (EPCs) play a critical role in neovascularization and endothelial repair. There is a growing evidence that hyperglycemia related to Diabetes Mellitus (DM) decreases EPC number and function so promoting vascular complications. AIM OF THE STUDY This study investigated whether an intensive glycemic control regimen in Type 2 DM can increase the...

Delayed foot wound healing is a major complication attributed to hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients, and these wounds may develop into foot ulcers. There are at least two types of DM wound models used in rodents to study delayed wound healing. However, clinically relevant animal models are not common. Most models use type 1 DM rodents or wounds created on the back rather th...

An inverse relationship has been shown between vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). In this cross-sectional study in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, a country with a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, we determined the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among 90 type 2 DM patients and 90 healthy subjects. Based on serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the rates of defi...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disorder predisposing to diabetic cardiomyopathy and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), which could lead to heart failure through a variety of mechanisms, including myocardial infarction and chronic pressure overload. Pathogenetic mechanisms, mainly linked to hyperglycemia and chronic sustained hyperinsulinemia, include changes in m...

PURPOSE This study was designed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of childhood diabetes mellitus (DM) according to its classification as well as the clinical course of latent autoimmune diabetes (LAD) that initially showed noninsulin dependence despite autoantibody positivity. METHODS A total of 91 subjects diagnosed between 2001 and 2015 were enrolled in the study. They were classifie...

Objective: To investigate the presence of maternal and paternal history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in relatives of 644 type 2 diabetic patients from Southern Brazil, and also to evaluate its influence on the clinical characteristics of this disease. Patients and Methods: Familial history of type 2 DM was investigated by a questionnaire. The maternal and paternal history was investigated o...

Conclusion: Biomarkers of oxidative stress such as protein carbonyl, NOx (total nitrites) and MDA are significantly increased in type 2 DM compared to healthy subjects. There is increased protein oxidation, lipid peroxidation, and increased conversion of NO. to its end products like nitrite and nitrates in type 2 DM. This suggests that there is increased production of reactive oxygen species (R...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the presence of maternal and paternal history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in relatives of 644 type 2 diabetic patients from Southern Brazil, and also to evaluate its influence on the clinical characteristics of this disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS Familial history of type 2 DM was investigated by a questionnaire. The maternal and paternal history was investigated o...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) includes a group of metabolic disorders that share common phenotype of hyperglycemia. Assessing glycemia in diabetes has always been a challenge. Aim of this study is to evaluate glycemic control in patients with type 2 DM patients with and without microvascular complications. HbA1c, FBS and PP2BS were estimated as measure of glycemic control. A cross sectional study cons...