Zinc (Zn) is one of the most important essential nutrients of great public health significance. It
is involved in numerous biological functions and it is considered as a multipurpose trace …

Zinc is an essential nutrient for human health and has anti-oxidative stress and anti-
inflammatory functions. The association between zinc deficiency and the development of …

Zinc deficiency is a risk factor for obesity and diabetes. However, until recently, the
underlying molecular mechanisms remained unclear. The breakthrough discovery that the …

Unhealthy behaviours, including diet and physical activity, coupled with genetic
predisposition, drive type 2 diabetes (T2D) occurrence and severity; the present review aims …

The prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is internationally ever-growing.
Therefore, prevention, diagnostics, and control of insulin resistance and T2DM are of …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an increasingly prevalent multifactorial disease that has
both genetic and environmental risk factors, resulting in impaired glucose homeostasis …

Background The association of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a microbiota-dependent
metabolite from dietary choline and carnitine, with type 2 diabetes was inconsistent …

The solute carrier (SLC) superfamily comprises more than 400 transport proteins mediating
the influx and efflux of substances such as ions, nucleotides, and sugars across biological …

Diabetes has been a disease of public health concern for a number of decades. It was in the
1930s when scientists made an interesting discovery that the disease is actually divided into …

Background Elevated heavy metals and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels were both
associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, studies on the …