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ea0075d07 | Diabetes | EYES2021

Red blood cell membrane fluidity in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Emanuele Rizzo Gaetano , Laura Leo Maria , Salvatore Raia , Linda Tartaglione , Marco De Spirito , Giuseppe Maulucci , Alfredo Pontecorvi , Dario Pitocco

Background: Cell membrane fluidity of erythrocytes in patients with type 2 diabetes can be influenced by glycosylation processes, changes in lipid homeostasis and oxidative stress.Objectives: We have measured red blood cell membrane fluidity looking for differences between healthy people and diabetic subjects and also between diabetic patients affected by macroangiopathy (vascular diabetic foot) and not.Methods: We have enrolled 32...