A family of facilitative glucose transporters (GLUTs) is involved in regulating tissue-specific
glucose uptake and metabolism in the liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue to ensure …

Type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus together are predicted to affect over 300 million people
worldwide by the year 2020. A relative or absolute paucity of functional β-cells is a central …

The current research explored for the first time the effect of Salvia officinalis L.(Sage)
essential oil (EO) on Alloxan-induced diabetes in male Wistar rats. Sage EO was extracted …

This study was envisaged to comprehensively profile genes in selected tissues along with a
few biochemical indicators and integrate resulting information with dietary selenium (Se) …

OBJECTIVE Pancreatic islets of perinatal mice lacking the transcription factor Rfx3 exhibit a
marked reduction in insulin-producing β-cells. The objective of this work was to unravel the …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Persistent infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes extrahepatic
diseases, including diabetes. We investigated the possible effect (s) of HCV replication on …

Insulin resistance is the primary characteristic of type 2 diabetes and results from insulin
signaling defects. Cocoa has been shown to exert anti-diabetic effects by lowering glucose …

Metabolic diseases reach epidemic proportions. A better knowledge of the associated
alterations in the metabolic pathways in the liver is necessary. These studies need in vitro …

The liver plays a central role in glucose homeostasis in the whole-body by responding to
environmental factors including nutrients, hormones, and oxygen. In conditions of metabolic …

There is a known inverse association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and prostate cancer
(PrCa) that is poorly understood. Genetic studies of the T2D-PrCa association may provide …