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Research News From April 13, 2011
A Recent Survey Confirms the Efficacy and the Safety of Implanted Insulin Pumps During Long-Term Use in Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes Patients. Insulin action in adipose tissue in type 1 diabetes. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats. Decreased cortical connectivity and information flow in type 1 diabetes.
Read MoreResearch News From April 6, 2011
Leptin Therapy Reverses Hyperglycemia in Mice With Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes, Independent of Hepatic Leptin Signaling. Protection From Retinopathy and Other Complications in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes of Extreme Duration – The Joslin 50-Year Medalist Study. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats. Altered inflammatory, oxidative, and metabolic responses to exercise in pediatric obesity and type 1 diabetes. Eye Complications and Markers of Morbidity and Mortality in Long-term Type 1 Diabetes.
Read MoreResearch News From March 30, 2011
Microvascular complications assessment in adolescents with 2- to 5-yr duration of type 1 diabetes from 1990 to 2006. Early introduction of root vegetables in infancy associated with advanced beta-cell autoimmunity in young children with human leukocyte antigen-conferred susceptibility to Type 1 diabetes. Erythrocyte membrane omega-3 fatty acid levels and omega-3 fatty acid intake are not associated with conversion to type 1 diabetes in children with islet autoimmunity: The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY). Preimplantation factor (PIF) analog prevents type I diabetes mellitus (TIDM) development by preserving pancreatic function in NOD mice. Inherited Variation in Vitamin D Genes Is […]
Read MoreResearch News From March 23, 2011
HLA Genes, Islet Autoantibodies and Residual C-Peptide at the Clinical Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and the Risk of Retinopathy 15 Years Later. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats. Residual Beta Cell Function in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes after Treatment with Atorvastatin: The Randomized DIATOR Trial. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats.
Read MoreResearch News From March 16, 2011
Trends in Type 1 diabetes incidence in the UK in 0- to 14-year-olds and in 15- to 34-year-olds, 1991-2008. Islet autoantibodies can discriminate maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) from Type 1 diabetes. Combination therapy with a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor and a proton pump inhibitor induces beta-cell neogenesis from adult human pancreatic duct cells implanted in immunodeficient mice.
Read MoreResearch News From March 9, 2011
Automated Overnight Closed-Loop Glucose Control in Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes. The Effect of Insulin Feedback on Closed Loop Glucose Control. Accelerated progression from islet autoimmunity to diabetes is causing the escalating incidence of type 1 diabetes in young children. Insulin autoantibodies with high affinity to the bovine milk protein alpha casein. The Incidence of Type-1 Diabetes in NOD Mice Is Modulated by Restricted Flora Not Germ-Free Conditions. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats. Increased prevalence of proliferative retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes who are deficient in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Read MoreResearch News From March 2, 2011
Endothelial Dysfunction Is Related to Poor Glycemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes under 5 Years of Disease: Evidence of Metabolic Memory. Maternal food consumption during pregnancy and risk of advanced beta-cell autoimmunity in the offspring. Low vitamin d levels correlate with the proinflammatory state in type 1 diabetic subjects with and without microvascular complications.
Read MoreResearch News From February 23, 2011
Alginate Macroencapsulation of Pig Islets Allows Correction of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes in Primates up to 6 Months Without Immunosuppression. Long-lasting remission of type 1 diabetes following treatment with topiramate for generalized seizures. A health economic analysis of clinical islet transplantation. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Treatment Prevents Glucocorticoid-Induced Glucose Intolerance and Islet-Cell Dysfunction in Humans. Pulse Pressure Predicts Incident Cardiovascular Disease but Not Diabetic Nephropathy in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes (The FinnDiane Study). Skin Intrinsic Fluorescence Correlates With Autonomic and Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy in Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes. Milk A1 and A2 peptides and diabetes. Xenotransplantation of Cells for Diabetes: […]
Read MoreResearch News From February 16, 2011
Evidence That Nasal Insulin Induces Immune Tolerance to Insulin in Adults With Autoimmune Diabetes. Multinational study of subcutaneous model-predictive closed-loop control in type 1 diabetes mellitus: summary of the results. Stepwise or Linear Decrease in Penetrance of Type 1 Diabetes With Lower-Risk HLA Genotypes Over the Past 40 Years. Alterations of platelet biochemical and functional properties in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes: a role in cardiovascular risk? Inhibition of Type 1 Diabetes Correlated to a Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2-Mediated Th17 Bias. In vivo genetic engineering of murine pancreatic beta cells mediated by single-stranded adeno-associated viral vectors of serotypes 6, 8 and […]
Read MoreResearch News From February 9, 2011
Impaired Endothelial Function in Preadolescent Children With Type 1 Diabetes. Enterovirus infection and type 1 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational molecular studies. See also Enterovirus “linked to diabetes.” Receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) provides a link between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors in type 1 diabetes. The reversal of diabetes in rat model using mouse insulin producing cells – A combination approach of tissue engineering and macroencapsulation.
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