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  1. Familial partial lipodystrophies (FPLD) are clinically heterogeneous disorders characterized by selective loss of adipose tissue, insulin resistance and metabolic complications. Until genetic studies become av...

    Authors: Cynthia M Valerio, Lenita Zajdenverg, Jose Egidio P de Oliveira, Patricia B Mory, Regina Moyses and Amélio F Godoy-Matos
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:40
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2015 7:19

  2. Individuals with diabetes who are smokers have higher risks of cardiovascular disease, premature death, and microvascular complications. The present study aims to determine the prevalence of symptoms of depres...

    Authors: Simone Franco Osme, LudmillaDell’IsolaPelegriniMelo Ferreira, Mariana Tanus Jorge, Juliana de Souza Andréo, MariaLuizaMendonçaPereira Jorge, Rogério de Melo Costa Pinto, Miguel Tanús Jorge and Paulo Tannús Jorge
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:39
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  3. Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased risk of morbi-mortality, thus the characterization of the population magnitude of this syndrome is critical for allocating health care. However, prevalenc...

    Authors: Maria C Foss-Freitas, Patricia M Gomes, Regina CG Andrade, Roberta C Figueiredo, Ana E Pace, Amaury L Dal Fabbro, Luciana Z Monteiro, Laercio J Franco and Milton C Foss
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:38
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  4. Omentin is an adipocytokine that is abundantly expressed in visceral fat tissue. We investigated the association of omentin with the number of metabolic risk factors.

    Authors: Rei Shibata, Noriyuki Ouchi, Ryotaro Takahashi, Yuya Terakura, Koji Ohashi, Nobuo Ikeda, Akiko Higuchi, Hiroko Terasaki, Shinji Kihara and Toyoaki Murohara
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:37
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  5. The aim of this study was to assess efficacy and safety of saxagliptin monotherapy for up to 76 weeks in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and inadequate glycemic control, with main efficacy assess...

    Authors: Robert Frederich, Robert McNeill, Niklas Berglind, Douglas Fleming and Roland Chen
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:36
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  6. Environmental conditions in early life can induce permanent physiological changes, sometimes increasing the risk of chronic diseases during adulthood. Neural and peripheral circuits controlling energy balance ...

    Authors: Carolina A Aguirre, Valeska A Castillo and Miguel N Llanos
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:35
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  7. Our study addressed potential associations between fatty liver and small, dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (sd-LDL-C) levels using a cross-sectional analysis.

    Authors: Kaori Hosoyamada, Hirofumi Uto, Yasushi Imamura, Yasunari Hiramine, Eriko Toyokura, Yoshihiro Hidaka, Tomomi Kuwahara, Ken Kusano, Kazuto Saito, Makoto Oketani, Akio Ido and Hirohito Tsubouchi
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:34
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  8. This study was undergone to evaluate the in-vivo anti-hyperglycemic and antioxidant potential of ethanolic extract of leaves of Tecomella undulata Seem. on streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced type 2 diabetic rats...

    Authors: Suresh Kumar, Sunil Sharma, Neeru Vasudeva and Varun Ranga
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:33
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  9. Frequent consumption of a diet high in fat and sucrose contributes to lifestyle-related diseases. However, limited information is available regarding the short-term effects of such a diet on the onset of obesi...

    Authors: Zhi-Hong Yang, Hiroko Miyahara, Jiro Takeo and Masashi Katayama
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:32
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  10. Application of SMS in reminders of medical appointments and delivering medical tests is not new, however its focus on clinical interventions has just begun. Usage of tailored SMS reminders to increase adherenc...

    Authors: Talha Riaz, Haris Riaz, Syed A Hussain and Danish Kherani
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:31
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  11. Diabetes mellitus type 1 is an autoimmune disorder caused by lymphocytic infiltration and beta cells destruction. Curcumin has been identified as a potent inducer of heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a redoxsensitive i...

    Authors: Mohamed T Abdel Aziz, Mohamed F El-Asmar, Ibrahim N El-Ibrashy, Ameen M Rezq, Abdulrahman L Al-Malki, Mohamed A Wassef, Hanan H Fouad, Hanan H Ahmed, Fatma M Taha, Amira A Hassouna and Heba M Morsi
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:30
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  12. Previous studies have reported that microalbuminuria is an independent risk factor for the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). For this reason, the clinical ...

    Authors: Ho Ra, Ji Han Yoo, Woo Ho Ban, Ho Cheol Song, Seong Su Lee, Sung Rae Kim, Soon Jib Yoo, Yong-Soo Kim, Euy Jin Choi and Yong Kyun Kim
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:29
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  13. Prior studies reported conflicting findings on the association between metabolic syndrome and inflammatory biomarkers. We tested the cross-sectional associations between metabolic syndrome and nine inflammator...

    Authors: Dhayana Dallmeier, Martin G Larson, Ramachandran S Vasan, John F Keaney Jr, Joao D Fontes, James B Meigs, Caroline S Fox and Emelia J Benjamin
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:28
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  14. The prevalence and magnitude of obesity in the children and the adolescents have increased dramatically in the developing countries over the last 20–30 years. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in child...

    Authors: Nashwa Nabil Kamal and Merhan Mamdouh Ragy
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:27
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  16. To evaluate the importance of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in predicting diabetes and cardiovascular disease in patients with and without Metabolic Syndrome from a population treated in a primary care unit.

    Authors: Camila Furtado de Souza, Mériane Boeira Dalzochio, Francisco Jorge Arsego de Oliveira, Jorge Luiz Gross and Cristiane Bauermann Leitão
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:25
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  17. Metabolic Syndrome (MS) increases the risk for Coronary Artery Disease, stroke and diabetes. MS is twice more common amongst South Asian immigrants in US compared to native Caucasians. There are no nationally ...

    Authors: Prasad Katulanda, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Ranil Jayawardana, Rezvi Sheriff and David R Matthews
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:24
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  18. Reduction of dietary carbohydrates and corresponding insulin doses stabilizes and lowers mean blood glucose in individuals with type 1 diabetes within days. The long-term adherence for persons who have learned...

    Authors: Jørgen Vesti Nielsen, Caroline Gando, Eva Joensson and Carina Paulsson
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:23
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  19. Available definition criteria for metabolic syndrome (MS) have similarities and inconsistencies. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of MS in a group of Cameroonians with type 2 diabetes, acc...

    Authors: Andre P Kengne, Serge N Limen, Eugene Sobngwi, Cathérine FT Djouogo and Christophe Nouedoui
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:22
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  20. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has reached epidemic proportions in Sri Lanka. Presently there are studies on the community prevalence of distal peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in Sri Lanka. We describe preva...

    Authors: Prasad Katulanda, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Ranil Jayawardena, Godwin R Constantine, M H Rezvi Sheriff and David R Matthews
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:21
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  21. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has increased in developing countries in recent decades. This syndrome, a clustering of metabolic abnormalities, has been correlated to various socioeconomic and beh...

    Authors: Eliane Said Dutra, Kênia MaraBaiocchi de Carvalho, Édina Miyazaki, Edgar Merchán- Hamann and Marina Kiyomi Ito
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:20
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  22. The advanced glycation end products, namely AGEs, contribute to long-termed complications of diabetes mellitus, including macroangiopathy, where smooth muscle cells (SMC) proliferation stimulated by platelet-d...

    Authors: Maria Lúcia Corrêa-Giannella, Maria Regina Andrade de Azevedo, Derek LeRoith and Daniel Giannella-Neto
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:19
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  23. The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been increasing in recent years. Sleep loss and circadian rhythm abnormalities are thought to be one of the underlying causes of adverse metabolic health. H...

    Authors: Tomoko Nakanishi-Minami, Ken Kishida, Tohru Funahashi and Iichiro Shimomura
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:18
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  24. Asymmetric NG,NG-dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, is regulated by the enzymatic participants of synthetic and metabolic processes, i.e., type I protein N-arginine methylt...

    Authors: Hiroaki Iwasaki
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:17
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  25. In recent decades, metabolic syndrome has become a public health problem throughout the world. Longitudinal studies in humans have several limitations due to the invasive nature of certain analyses and the siz...

    Authors: Ana Carolina Ghezzi, Lucieli Teresa Cambri, José Diego Botezelli, Carla Ribeiro, Rodrigo Augusto Dalia and Maria Alice Rostom de Mello
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:16
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  26. The body’s total antioxidant capacity represents a sum of the antioxidant capacity of various tissues/organs. A decrease in the body’s antioxidant capacity may induce oxidative stress and subsequent metabolic ...

    Authors: Shi-Sheng Zhou, Da Li, Yi-Ming Zhou and Ji-Min Cao
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:15
    Content type: Review Published on:

  27. Elevated serum uric acid is associated with obesity, hypertension and metabolic syndrome. Because a linear relationship exists between serum and salivary uric acid (SUA) concentration, saliva testing may be a ...

    Authors: Maria Soukup, Izabela Biesiada, Aaron Henderson, Benmichael Idowu, Derek Rodeback, Lance Ridpath, Edward G Bridges, Andrea M Nazar and Kristie Grove Bridges
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:14
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  28. The number of people with diabetes and pre-diabetes are exponentially increasing. Studies on humans have shown the beneficial effects of Zinc supplementation in patients with diabetes. The present study aims t...

    Authors: R Jayawardena, P Ranasinghe, P Galappatthy, RLDK Malkanthi, GR Constantine and P Katulanda
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  29. High plasma uric acid (UA) is a precipitating factor for gout and renal calculi as well as a strong risk factor for Metabolic Syndrome and cardiovascular disease. The main causes for higher plasma UA are eithe...

    Authors: Erick Prado de Oliveira and Roberto Carlos Burini
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:12
    Content type: Review Published on:

  31. Controversies surround a diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The objective of this study was to evaluate the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for the prediction of adverse gestational and perin...

    Authors: Patricia M Rehder, Belmiro G Pereira and João Luiz Pinto e Silva
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:10
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  34. Preclinical experiments on large animals are indispensable for evaluating the effectiveness of diabetes therapies. Miniature swine are well suited for such studies due to their physiological and pathophysiolog...

    Authors: Armin Strauss, Vasily Moskalenko, Christian Tiurbe, Irina Chodnevskaja, Stephan Timm, Verena A Wiegering, Christoph-Thomas Germer and Karin Ulrichs
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:7
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  35. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), especially obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), has frequent complications include hypertension, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance based on abdominal obesity or excess visceral fa...

    Authors: Tomoko Nakanishi-Minami, Ken Kishida, Yasuhiko Nakagawa, Munetaka Nishio, Chisa Nakagawa, Yoshiharu Nishida, Koji Yanagi, Ryoko Yoshida, Tohru Funahashi and Iichiro Shimomura
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:6
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  36. This study aimed to examine the effects of intermittent and continuous swimming training on muscle protein metabolism in neonatal alloxan-administered rats.

    Authors: Carla Ribeiro, Lucieli T Cambri, Rodrigo A Dalia, Michel B Araújo, Ana C Ghezzi, Leandro P Moura, Gustavo G Araújo, Jose D Botezelli and Maria AR Mello
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:5
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  37. Plasma adiponectin is a significant correlate of the pro-inflammatory cardiometabolic risk profile associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Salivary pH is influenced by several cardiometabolic risk compone...

    Authors: Monique Tremblay, Yacine Loucif, Julie Methot, Diane Brisson and Daniel Gaudet
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:4
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  38. Hyperuricemia is associated with obesity. The visceral adiposity and subcutaneous adiposity may be associated with the differential metabolic risk, and the distribution of abdominal adipose tissue was signific...

    Authors: Tae Ho Kim, Seong Su Lee, Ji Han Yoo, Sung Rae Kim, Soon Jib Yoo, Ho Cheol Song, Yong-Soo Kim, Euy Jin Choi and Yong Kyun Kim
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:3
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  39. Erectile dysfunction is a common problem in type 2 diabetic patients who are at higher risk of cerebrovascular events, and it's recorded with sildenafil, a drug which is primarily used for erectile dysfunction.

    Authors: Fadhil G Al-Amran, Akeel AMH Zwain, Najah R Hadi and Ahmed M Al-Mudhaffer
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:2
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  40. We aim to investigate the effectiveness of a 10-week lifestyle intervention focusing on physical activity and high fiber intake for reducing indicators for metabolic syndrome in overweight-obese individuals. A...

    Authors: Marita S Mecca, Fernando Moreto, Franz HP Burini, Reinaldo C Dalanesi, Kátia CP McLellan and Roberto C Burini
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2012 4:1
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  42. A new simple technique based on iontophoresis technology (EZSCAN, Impeto Medical, Paris, France) has recently been developed for the screening of diabetes. In the present study, we investigated the accuracy of...

    Authors: Chang-Sheng Sheng, Wei-Fang Zeng, Qi-Fang Huang, Jean-Paul Deslypere, Yan Li and Ji-Guang Wang
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2011 3:36
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  43. An increase in the prevalence of obesity entails great expenditure for governments. Physical exercise is a powerful tool in the combat against obesity and obesity-associated diseases. This study sought to dete...

    Authors: José D Botezelli, Lucieli T Cambri, Ana C Ghezzi, Rodrigo A Dalia, Pedro P M Scariot, Carla Ribeiro, Fabrício A Voltarelli and Maria AR Mello
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2011 3:35
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  44. Adverse effects of high-fat diets (HFD) on metabolic homeostasis are linked to adipose tissue dysfunction. The goal of this study was to examine the effect of the HFD nature on adipose tissue activity, metabol...

    Authors: Souhad El Akoum, Vikie Lamontagne, Isabelle Cloutier and Jean-François Tanguay
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2011 3:34
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  46. FOXC2 has lately been implicated in diabetes and obesity as well as mitochondrial function and biogenesis and also as a regulator of mtTFA/Tfam. In this study, the expression of FOXC2 and selected genes involv...

    Authors: Joakim Håkansson, Björn Eliasson, Ulf Smith and Sven Enerbäck
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2011 3:32
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  47. There are an increasing number of patients suffering from fatty liver caused by type 2 diabetes. We intended to study the preventive and therapeutic effect of L-carnitine (LC) on nonalcoholic fatty liver disea...

    Authors: Yunqiu Xia, Qing Li, Weizhen Zhong, Jing Dong, Zhulin Wang and Chunbo Wang
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2011 3:31
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  48. Prevalence of men with cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) is increasing in Japan. Few studies have comprehensively examined the relation between lifestyles and CMRF.

    Authors: Sayuri Katano, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Nagako Okuda, Yoshitaka Murakami, Nagako Chiba, Katsushi Yoshita, Taichiro Tanaka, Junko Tamaki, Toru Takebayashi, Akira Okayama, Katsuyuki Miura, Tomonori Okamura and Hirotsugu Ueshima
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2011 3:30
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  50. Higher serological prevalence rates of helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection have been reported in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and autoimmune thyroiditis (AT). Patients with T1DM are at increased ...

    Authors: Mervat M El-Eshmawy, Amany K El-Hawary, Soma S Abdel Gawad and Azza A El-Baiomy
    Citation: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2011 3:28
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