Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic illness caused by insulin resistance or lack of it. Hypertension (HT) has been seen frequently in diabetic patients, and causes morbidity and mortality with its complications. Salusins are vasodilator and hypotensive peptids which function most in cardiovascular system. Apelin is an insulin-sensitive, vasoconstructive, positive inotropic-effective peptide. In this study, determining the levels of serum salusin-α, salusin...