Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a clinically well-defined sight-threatening complication in type 2 diabetes. Angiopoietin 1 (Ang1) has been shown to promote endothelial cell survival without causing proliferation, stabilise endothelial interactions with surrounding support cells and can block the vascular permeability effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). More recent data suggest that balance between these growth factors may affect vascular endothelial...

BackgroundVitamin D deficiency seems to be more prevalent among diabetic patients with distal symmetrical polyneuropathy. Besides, those patients have a lower pain threshold; there is a shortage of data concerning pre-diabetic individuals with peripheral neuropathy (PN).AimFirst, to study the association of vitamin D deficiency with PN severity. Second, to determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on ...