Dysglycemia and Dyslipidemia Models in Nonhuman Primates: Part IV. Pancreatic Beta Cell Dysfunction and Diabetes Progression

Yong-Fu Xiao, Yixin (Jim) Wang

Diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia and polyuria, results from the body either producing insufficient insulin or using the produced insulin inefficiently to metabolize glucose. Typ..Voir plus»

Pancreatic Surgery

Anamika Manhas

Pancreatic cancer is treated in a multimodal manner, with surgery being a critical component that must be completed in order
to achieve cure potential. In order to achiev..Voir plus»

Vitamin D Status and the Effect of Oral Vitamin D Treatment in Children with Alopecia Areata

Karaguzel G, Sakarya NP, Bahadır S, Beyhun E and Yaman S

Objectives: Little is known about the association of vitamin D and alopecia areata (AA). Our objectives were to search a relation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [2..Voir plus»

Periconia hispidula A New Semiarid Biocatalyst for the Reduction of Prochiral Aromatic Ketone

Serly S, Luis Fernando PG, Angelica L, Heiddy MA and Iván Sergio CG

The ability of fungus Periconia hispidula (42/07), isolated at the semi-arid of BAHIA in Brazil, to biotransform acetophenone and its derivatives has been studied. The influence..Voir plus»

Increased Abdominal Adiposity Exacerbates Ex-Vivo Cardiac Reperfusion Injury through Augmented Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress

Damien Vitiello, Evangelia Mourmoura, Karine Couturier, Patrick Faure, Herve Dubouchaud, Corinne Malpuech-Brugere, Kasra Azarnoush and Luc Demaison

Compared to the lean Lou/C rat, the Wistar rat develops increased

body weight

and abdominal adiposity (IAA). The aim of this study was to compare the functio..Voir plus»

The Role of Proximal Tubular Cells in the Early Stages of Diabetic Nephropathy

Giovani B Peres and Yara M Michelacci

The present paper reviews the role of proximal tubular cells in the early stages of diabetic nephropathy. The chronic hyperglycemia that occurs in diabetes mellitus may have dif..Voir plus»