Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0025p124 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2011

Serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D is associated with adiponectin and insulin resistance in diabetic Saudi adults

Al-Daghri Nasser , Al-Attas Omar , Alokail Majed , Alkharfy Khalid , Draz Hossam , Clerici Mario

Hypovitaminosis D is associated with an increased prevalence of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) and the metabolic syndrome. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH-VitD) levels and adipocytokines and other indices of insulin resistance in a Saudi population with DMT2. One-hundred and fifty-five male and female Saudi adults aged 26–80 were randomly selected from the existing Biomarkers Screening in Riyadh Program (RIYADH...

ea0049gp77 | Diabetes & complications 1 | ECE2017

Susceptibility to type 2 diabetes may be modulated by haplotypes in G6PC2, a target of positive selection

Clerici Mario , Al-Daghri Nasser , Pontremolli C , Cagliani R , Forni Diego , Alokail Majed , Al-Attas Omar , Sabico Shaun , Riva S , Sironi M

Introduction: The endoplasmic reticulum enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase catalyzes the common terminal reaction in the gluconeogenic and glycogenolytic pathways and plays a central role in glucose homeostasis. In most mammals, different G6PC subunits are encoded by three paralogous genes (G6PC, G6PC2, and G6PC3). Mutations in G6PC and G6PC3 are responsible for human Mendelian diseases, whereas variants in G6PC2 are associated with fasting glucose (FG) levels.<p class="abstext"...