...Tao Liu; Xinwen Jian; Li Li; Shan Chu; Zeyuan Fan Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the effect of dapagliflozin in preventing post-contrast acute kidney injury (PC-AKI) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) who underwent an elective coronary procedure...

... of endurance exercise training against diabetic kidney disease (DKD) with muscle weakness by using male spontaneously diabetic Torii (SDT) fatty rats as type 2 diabetic animal models with obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Methods: Eight-week-old SDT fatty rats ( n = 12) and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats...

... in type 2 diabetic patients. However, the significance of a decline in adropin level in early detection of diabetic nephropathy (DN) remains to be clarified. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of adropin in patients with type 2 diabetes with and without nephropathy. Methods...

...Xinyu Hong; Lingning Huang; Yongze Zhang; Ximei Shen; Suiyan Weng; Feihui Zeng; Fengying Zhao; Sunjie Yan Introduction: Albuminuria is a risk factor for macro- and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (T2D).With an increasing trend of normoalbuminuria, however, of the 2 predictors...

...Louisa Sukkar; Tamara Young; Meg J. Jardine Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is frequently associated with the development of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Some newer glucose-lowering agents confer both cardiac and kidney benefits, as supported by robust data...

... detect thermal perception abnormalities and aid in the early diagnosis of asymptomatic small-fiber DPN in patients with type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of thermal perception abnormalities by QST to detect DKD. Methods: We prospectively enrolled 432 patients...

...Yanni Tian; Jing Xu; Ting Huang; Jiaqi Cui; Wei Zhang; Wei Song; Huan Chen; Pan Huang; Shujun Yang; Lu Wang; Xin He; Lin Wang; Wei Cui Background: The interaction of environmental factors and genetic factors may contribute to the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed to investigate whether age...

... population. The relationship between body weight (BW) gain from early adulthood and diabetic nephropathy remains to be elucidated in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. Our aim was to investigate the association between BW gain from early adulthood and diabetic nephropathy in Japanese patients with type...

...Evelise Regina Polina; Bruna Letícia da Silva Pereira; Daisy Crispim; Renan Cesar Sbruzzi; Luis Henrique Canani; Kátia Gonçalves dos Santos Background/Aims: The -1082A>G polymorphism (rs1800896) in the interleukin-10 ( IL10 ) gene has been associated with type 2 diabetes and diabetic retinopathy...

...Christoph Wanner; Vera Krane; Winfried März; Manfred Olschewski; Hans-Gernot Asmus; Walter Krämer; Karl-Wilhelm Kühn; Heinrich Kütemeyer; Johannes F.E. Mann; Günther Ruf; Eberhard Ritz Patients with type 2 diabetes on dialysis are at a substantially increased risk of cardiovascular...

...N. Lameire; P. Stevens; S. Raptis; S. Thomas; G. Schernthaner The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is rising rapidly in all developed countries, particularly in the growing population of persons >50 years of age. As a dangerous consequence, this is accompanied by a proportionate increase...