Inflammation in the pathogenesis of microvascular complications in diabetes

Diabetes and hyperglycemia create a proinflammatory microenvironment that progresses to microvascular complications such as nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy. Diet-induced insulin resistance is a potential initiator of this change in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) which can increase adipokines and ge...

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Main Authors: Dung Van Nguyen, Lynn eShaw, Maria eGrant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2012.00170/full