Endocrine Abstracts

Recent studies suggest that endotoxin from gut flora, may be key to development of inflammation by stimulating the secretion of an adverse cytokine profile from adipose tissue. The study investigated the relationship between endotoxin and various metabolic parameters of diabetic patients to determine if anti-diabetic therapies exerted a significant effect on endotoxin levels and adipocytokine profiles of T2DM subjects. Fasting blood samples were collected from consenting Saudi...