Endocrine Abstracts

Phytotherapy is the integral part of the combined treatment for diabetes mellitus. A large number of plants possessing hypoglycemic activity are described in the literature, but only small part of them is in use. Hypoglycemic effect of medicinal plants is preconditioned by the wide spectrum of compounds with biological activity in their composition. Flowers of carthamus (Carthamus tinctorius) and leaves of celery (Apium graveolens) are known to possess a numb...

Causing production of free radicals and reduction of antioxidant system activity, in the pancreatic β-cells, in particular, resulting in reduction in insulin production and consequently to hyperglycemia, oxidative stress could be a pathogenetic mechanism of morbidity in diabetes mellitus. Search for and development of medicines with antioxidant and hypoglycemic activity remains urgent.Aim: The work was initiated to study antioxidant and hypoglycemic...

Obesity is considered as a major factor of insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus risk. Study on lipid composition of tissues in obesity is relevant in understanding of mechanisms underlying insulin resistance.Aim: The work was initiated to study lipid composition of liver and skeletal muscles tissues in rats with alimentary obesity.Materials and methods: Obesity was induced in rats leading an inactive lifestyle with prolonged hi...

Prevention of familial diabetes mellitus is a most urgent problem in diabetology. Genetic susceptibility is a leading factor in diabetes mellitus onset.Aim: The work was initiated to assess potentiality of diabetes mellitus risk prediction based on genealogical analysis.Materials and methods: For the purpose of the study, 53 patients with diabetes mellitus were examined. The probands’ mean age was 14.4 years. Genealogical medi...

According to the findings from the recent studies, the oxidative stress can be a cause for type 2 diabetes mellitus onset. In that context, the development of drugs with antioxidant effect to be used for prevention and treatment of the disease is of vital importance. The work was initiated to study the oxidative stress in the experimental diabetes and methods of its correction by means of natural antioxidants. In our study we used polyphenols isolated from the seeds of common ...

Disturbance in insulin signaling under effect of sphingolipids is thought to be the mechanism underlying the obesity-mediated insulin resistance. The work was initiated to study sphingolipid metabolism in tissues of rats with obesity induced by a prolonged high-calorie diet. The lipid extraction and purification was performed by Folch’s method; concentrations of sphingosine and ceramide were measured by Lauter et al. method. In obesity, the levels of total gangli...

Background: Insulin gene (INS) is known to be responsible for production of insulin by the pancreatic β-cells. It includes variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) of oligonucleotide consequence (ACAGGGGT (G/C) (T/C) GGGG) in the promoter region (Bell et al, 1981,1982); being the gene involved in the susceptibility to various pathologies. The allele-specific PCR allows direct diagnosis of some genetically determined disorders is rather simple and precise. However, by toda...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a most significant medical-social worldwide problem. Absence of reliable screening program for identification of persons with the higher risk of DM dictates a necessity of sensitive tests of early DM diagnosis. Following genealogical analysis, two experimental groups were formed; patients with type 1 DM with the familial burden (probands) and those at risk (siblings) were included into the 1st and 2nd groups, respectively. Apparently healthy subjects ...