Inter-organ crosstalk during development and progression of type 2 diabetes mellitus

G Xourafa, M Korbmacher, M Roden - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2024 - nature.com
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by tissue-specific insulin resistance and
pancreatic β-cell dysfunction, which result from the interplay of local abnormalities within …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the Genetic Landscape of Gestational Diabetes: Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Elevated Glucose Levels in Pregnancy

C Brito Nunes, MC Borges, RM Freathy, DA Lawlor… - Metabolites, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: During pregnancy, physiological changes in maternal circulating
glucose levels and its metabolism are essential to meet maternal and fetal energy demands …

Sex-and body mass index-specific reference intervals for serum leptin: A population based study in China

J Cheng, Y Luo, Y Li, F Zhang, X Zhang, X Zhou… - Nutrition & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Leptin is a peptide hormone secreted by adipose tissue and is an important
determinant of obesity and its complications. The purpose of this study was to establish sex …

Hypoglycemic mechanisms of Polygonatum sibiricum polysaccharide in db/db mice via regulation of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway and alteration of gut …

X Chen, Y Tong, Z Ren, S Chen, X Mei, Q Zhou, G Dai - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Polygonatum rhizoma polysaccharide (PP) is a main ingredient of Polygonatum rhizoma,
which is both food and traditional herbal medicine. In this study, we aimed to investigate the …

Smoking status and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease: a comprehensive analysis of shared genetic etiology and causal relationship

Y Chi, X Wang, J Jia, T Huang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study aimed to explore shared genetic etiology and the causality between
smoking status and type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and related …

Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a causal role for circulating GIP and IL-1RA levels in homeostatic model assessment-derived measures of β-cell function …

KAC Meeks, AR Bentley, TL Assimes, N Franceschini… - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background In vitro and in vivo studies have shown that certain cytokines and hormones
may play a role in the development and progression of type 2 diabetes (T2D). However …

Whole-Exome Sequencing in Family Trios Reveals De Novo Mutations Associated with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

M Mousa, S Albarguthi, M Albreiki, Z Farooq, S Sajid… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune condition in
which the immune system destroys insulin-making cells in the pancreas. Many advances …

[HTML][HTML] The associations of leptin and adiponectin with the metabolic syndrome in an Indonesian and a Dutch population

FS Sigit, S Trompet, DL Tahapary, E Sartono… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aims At the same BMI, Asian populations develop cardiometabolic
complications earlier than Western populations. We hypothesized that a different secretion …

Genome-wide association study and polygenic score assessment of insulin resistance

U Aliyu, UKI Umlai, SM Toor, AA Elashi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Insulin resistance (IR) and beta cell dysfunction are the major drivers of type 2 diabetes
(T2D). Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) on IR have been predominantly …

eQTLs as causal instruments for the reconstruction of hormone linked gene networks

S Bankier, T Michoel - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hormones act within in highly dynamic systems and much of the phenotypic response to
variation in hormone levels is mediated by changes in gene expression. The increase in the …