Is diabetes mellitus an inflammatory disease?
- VernacularTitle:糖尿病是一种炎症性疾病?
- Author:
Xiujun LI
;
Yunhong WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Inflammation;
Cytokines;
Markers of inflammation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
1986;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Recent evidences suggest that inflammatory factors play improtant roles in the pathogenesis and development of type 2 diabetes. The interaction of inflammatory factors with adipokines, oxidative stress and immune system causes insulin resistance and impairment of ? cell structure and function, and results in type 2 diabetes. Inflammation hypothesis of diabetes will provide a new research field in the pathogenesis of diabetes and in the development of new preventive and therapeutic drugs for diabetes.
