Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Vaspin, identified as a novel insulin-sensitizing adipokine, is suggested to be dysregulated in T2DM patients with loss of association between circulating vaspin levels, BMI and insulin resistance (IR). The aim of this study was to examine whether restrictive bariatric surgery in severely obese women with T2DM leads to a realignment of vaspin and metabolic factors early following surgery and before complete resolution of diabetic status.Met...

Background: Human obesity can significantly contribute to hypertension risk, often referred to as the ‘silent killer’, although targeting whom with weight gain becomes clinically hypertensive is unclear. Whilst therapeutic intervention such as bariatric surgery can mitigate both obesity and hypertension, it is not the most suitable solution for all patients. Therefore an early biomarker detection system to assess hypertension in subjects with weight gain could reduce...

Introduction: Bariatric surgery has been proved to be the most effective treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). Post-operative improvement in insulin sensitivity seems to be partly independent of weight loss and may be affected by changes in incretin secretion. Previous studies reported that the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)-induced enhancement of fat stores may lead to increased insulin resistance. We determinated the effect of laparoscopic adjusta...