Diabetes Mellitus Type II (DM2) is a growing international health concern with no end in
sight. Complications of DM2 involve a myriad of comorbidities including the serious …

The endothelium is a complex organ with a multitude of properties essential for control of
vascular functions. Dysfunction of the vascular endothelium is regarded as an important …

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blind-ness in the Western world (1) and is
character-ized by abnormal angiogenesis driven by several factors, including tissue …

Background—Transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) improves
neovascularization after ischemia, but patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) or …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a complex disease and a chronic health-care problem.
Nowadays, because of alteration of lifestyle such as lack of exercise, intake of high fat diet …

Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic cum vascular syndrome with resultant abnormalities in both
micro-and macrovasculature. The adverse long-term effects of diabetes mellitus have been …

▪ Abstract Cell replication is tightly controlled in normal tissues and aberrant during disease
progression, such as in tumorigenesis. The replication of cells can be divided into four …

Background Both the number and function of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor
cells (EPCs) have been shown to be impaired in patients with diabetes mellitus. Therefore …

Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for the development of vascular complications. We
hypothesized that hyperglycemia decreases endothelial cell (EC) proliferation and survival …

Hyperglycemia impacts retinal vascular function and promotes the development and
progression of diabetic retinopathy, which ultimately results in growth of new blood vessels …