Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyperglycaemia produces various changes in the vascular tissue at the cellular level that accelerates the atherosclerosis. There is a direct correlation among carotid arterial stiffness and serum fetuin-A level. Fetuin-A is a marker of the inflammatory nutritional state and acts as a protective agent because it solubilises the calcium phosphate salt.Aim of this work: To study the role of fetuin A in atherosclerosis and its association with ty...

Background: Chronic kidney disease secondary to type 2 diabetes is associated with multifactorial energy dysmetabolism. Irisin has been identified recently as an exercise induced hormone secreted by skeletal muscles. It is hypothesised that patients with CKD may have altered irisin levels.Aim of the work: We aimed to study irisin hormone in type 2 diabetic patient and to assess its relation with diabetic nephropathy (DN).Subjects a...