Endocrine Abstracts

The combination of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) greatly increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Identification of factors which accelerate the development of atherosclerosis, it is important to more fully understand the mechanisms of progression of these diseases.The aim is to study the relationship between levels of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and lipid peroxidat...