Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: Irisin is a novel myokine that promote energy expenditure. It could act on adipocyte metabolism through a novel neural pathway and on the other hand irisin induces neural proliferation and adequate neural differentiation. We aimed to assess serum irisin level in type 2 diabetics (T2DM) and correlate it with metabolic parameters. Also, we assessed the relation between irisin level and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).Methods: We r...