[HTML][HTML] Diabetes mellitus: The epidemic of the century

AT Kharroubi, HM Darwish - World journal of diabetes, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The epidemic nature of diabetes mellitus in different regions is reviewed. The Middle East
and North Africa region has the highest prevalence of diabetes in adults (10.9%) whereas …

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

FZ Syed - Annals of internal medicine, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an endocrine disorder in which pancreatic β cells stop
producing insulin, typically due to autoimmune destruction. This results in hyperglycemia …

[HTML][HTML] Intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring for type 1 diabetes

L Leelarathna, ML Evans, S Neupane… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In persons with type 1 diabetes and high glycated hemoglobin levels, the
benefits of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring with optional alarms for …

The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases

D Ding, KD Lawson, TL Kolbe-Alexander… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The pandemic of physical inactivity is associated with a range of chronic
diseases and early deaths. Despite the well documented disease burden, the economic …

[HTML][HTML] Type 1 diabetes in 2017: global estimates of incident and prevalent cases in children and adults

A Green, SM Hede, CC Patterson, SH Wild… - Diabetologia, 2021 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Data on type 1 diabetes incidence and prevalence are limited, particularly
for adults. This study aims to estimate global numbers of incident and prevalent cases of …

Hybrid closed‐loop therapy: where are we in 2021?

L Leelarathna, P Choudhary, EG Wilmot… - Diabetes, Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hybrid closed‐loop systems are characterized by the coexistence of algorithm‐driven
automated insulin delivery combined with manual mealtime boluses. Used correctly, these …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin: buffering the immune system

A Carrillo-Vico, PJ Lardone… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Melatonin modulates a wide range of physiological functions with pleiotropic effects on the
immune system. Despite the large number of reports implicating melatonin as an …

Recent advances on the development of wound dressings for diabetic foot ulcer treatment—A review

LIF Moura, AMA Dias, E Carvalho, HC de Sousa - Acta biomaterialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a chronic, non-healing complication of diabetes that lead to
high hospital costs and, in extreme cases, to amputation. Diabetic neuropathy, peripheral …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue Engineering Approaches in the Design of Healthy and Pathological In Vitro Tissue Models

S Caddeo, M Boffito, S Sartori - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In the tissue engineering (TE) paradigm, engineering and life sciences tools are combined
to develop bioartificial substitutes for organs and tissues, which can in turn be applied in …

[HTML][HTML] Immune modulation of some autoimmune diseases: the critical role of macrophages and neutrophils in the innate and adaptive immunity

KC Navegantes, R de Souza Gomes… - Journal of translational …, 2017 - Springer
Macrophages and neutrophils are key components involved in the regulation of numerous
chronic inflammatory diseases, infectious disorders, and especially certain autoimmune …