Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundBoth obesity and diabetes are associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. IL-18 is a cytokine that stimulates various cell types and has pleiotropic functions. The aim of the present study was to investigate the circulating levels of IL-18 in different stages of glucose dysregulation from obesity through prediabetes to newly diagnosed diabetesMethodsIL-18 levels were determined using a commercia...