Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is an endocrine disorder resulting in hyperglycaemia that affects many vital organs of the body like the brain. The molecular mechanisms underlying dementia, memory loss and cognition dysfunction caused by DM are still not very clear. CD47 is a cell surface protein working in the homeostasis of the immune system. The causal relationship of CD47 has been shown in neurodegenerative diseases. CD47 also has a role in pancreatic islet cells and th...