ea0056gp87 | Diabetes Epidemiology | ECE2018
Alexandraki Krystallenia
, Apostolopoulos Nikolaos
, Adamopoulos Christos
, Stamouli Evangelia
, Dalagiorgou Georgia
, Papaioannou Theodoros
, Analitis Antonios
, Karamanou Marianna
, Makrilakis Konstantinos
, Politis Antonios
, Piperi Christina
Objective: Neuroinflammation is a common primary or secondary mediator of the neurodegenerative process accompanying Alzheimers disease (AD). Impaired brain insulin signaling, defining brain insulin resistance may represent a link between AD and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) while neuronal apoptosis may also be involved in the inflammatory process. Peripheral cytokine levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNFα along with high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and apopt...