scholarly journals The Relationship between Hepatic Steatosis, inflammation and insulin Resistance in type 2 Diabetes with Metabolic Imbalance

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Elena-Daniela Grigorescu ◽  
Mariana Floria ◽  
Cristina Mihaela Lăcătușu ◽  
Bogdan Mircea-Mihai ◽  
Ioana Creţu ◽  
...  

AbstractAim. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are in a bidirectional relationship. This prospective study focused on associations between parameters common to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, inflammation and hepatic steatosis in T2DM patients with metabolic imbalance.Methods. We used clinical data, insulin resistance and inflammation indices, and hepatic steatosis markers from 120 patients.Results. The patients (44% men, mean age 58) had a mean body mass index (BMI) of 32 kg/m2 and mean T2DM history of 6 years. With exceptions, significant correlations were found between metabolic, inflammatory and hepatic parameters.Conclusions. In T2DM patients with poor glycemic control, hepatic steatosis correlates significantly with insulin resistance and inflammation. Increased prevalence and poor prognosis of these diseases together justify the need for NAFLD screening of diabetic patients.

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1249
Author(s):  
Oana Irina Gavril ◽  
Lidia Iuliana Arhire ◽  
Radu Sebastian Gavril ◽  
Madalina Ioana Zota ◽  
Andreea Gherasim ◽  
...  

Background and Objectives: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a worldwide significant public health problem, particularly in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Identifying possible risk factors for the disease is mandatory for a better understandingand management of this condition. Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) has been linked to the development and evolution of fatty liver but not to insulin resistance. The aim of this study isto evaluate the relationships between PNPLA3 and fatty liver, metabolic syndrome and subclinical atherosclerosis. Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without insulin treatment. The degree of liver fat loading was assessed by ultrasonography, and subclinical atherosclerosis was assessed using carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). PNPLA3 rs738409 genotype determination was performed by high-resolution melting analysis that allowed three standard genotypes: CC, CG, and GG. Results: Among the 92 patients, more than 90% showed various degrees of hepatic steatosis, almost 62% presented values over the normal limit for the CIMT. The majority of the included subjects met the criteria for metabolic syndrome. Genotyping of PNPLA3 in 68 patients showed that the difference between subjects without steatosis and subjects with hepatic steatosis was due to the higher frequency of genotype GG. The CC genotype was the most common in the group we studied and was significantly more frequent in the group of subjects with severe steatosis; the GG genotype was significantly more frequent in subjects with moderate steatosis; the frequency of the CG genotype was not significantly different among the groups.When we divided the group of subjects into two groups: those with no or mild steatosis and those with moderate or severe steatosis it was shown that the frequency of the GG genotype was significantly higher in the group of subjects with moderate or severe steatosis. PNPLA3 genotypes were not associated with metabolic syndrome, subclinical atherosclerosis, or insulin resistance. Conclusions: Our results suggest that PNPLA3 does not independently influence cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The hypothesis that PNPLA3 may have a cardioprotective effect requires future confirmation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Albosta ◽  
Jesse Bakke

Abstract Background Type 2 Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia that causes numerous complications with significant long-term morbidity and mortality. The disorder is primarily due to insulin resistance particularly in liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue. In this review, we detail the hormonal mechanisms leading to the development of diabetes and discuss whether intermittent fasting should be considered as an alternative, non-medicinal treatment option for patients with this disorder. Methods We searched PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Google Scholar databases for review articles, clinical trials, and case series related to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and intermittent fasting. Articles were carefully reviewed and included based on relevance to our topic. We excluded abstracts and any non-English articles. Results The majority of the available research demonstrates that intermittent fasting is effective at reducing body weight, decreasing fasting glucose, decreasing fasting insulin, reducing insulin resistance, decreasing levels of leptin, and increasing levels of adiponectin. Some studies found that patients were able to reverse their need for insulin therapy during therapeutic intermittent fasting protocols with supervision by their physician. Conclusion Current evidence suggests that intermittent fasting is an effective non-medicinal treatment option for type 2 diabetes. More research is needed to delineate the effects of intermittent fasting from weight loss. Physicians should consider educating themselves regarding the benefits of intermittent fasting. Diabetic patients should consult their physician prior to beginning an intermittent fasting regimen in order to allow for appropriate oversight and titration of the patients medication regimen during periods of fasting.


2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hadjadj ◽  
F. Duengler ◽  
F. Torremocha ◽  
G. Faure-Gerard ◽  
F. Bridoux ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. S4-S8
Author(s):  
Erland Erdmann

Diabetes is a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Coronary heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction are more common in diabetic patients than in non-diabetic patients, and diabetic patients benefit less from revascularisation procedures. This increased risk can only partly be explained by the adverse effects of diabetes on established risk factors; hence, a substantial part of the excess risk must be attributable to direct effects of hyperglycaemia and diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, hyperinsulinaemia, insulin resistance and hyperglycaemia have a number of potential adverse effects, including effects on endothelial function and coagulation. Risk factor modification has been shown to reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes; indeed, diabetic patients appear to benefit more in absolute terms than non-diabetic patients. There is thus a strong case for intensive treatment of risk factors, including insulin resistance and hyperglycaemia, in patients with type 2 diabetes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanyan Wu ◽  
Yan Borné ◽  
Rui Gao ◽  
Maykel López Rodriguez ◽  
William C. Roell ◽  
...  

AbstractThe hepatokine follistatin is elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and promotes hyperglycemia in mice. Here we explore the relationship of plasma follistatin levels with incident T2D and mechanisms involved. Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) per standard deviation (SD) increase in follistatin levels for T2D is 1.24 (CI: 1.04–1.47, p < 0.05) during 19-year follow-up (n = 4060, Sweden); and 1.31 (CI: 1.09–1.58, p < 0.01) during 4-year follow-up (n = 883, Finland). High circulating follistatin associates with adipose tissue insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (n = 210, Germany). In human adipocytes, follistatin dose-dependently increases free fatty acid release. In genome-wide association study (GWAS), variation in the glucokinase regulatory protein gene (GCKR) associates with plasma follistatin levels (n = 4239, Sweden; n = 885, UK, Italy and Sweden) and GCKR regulates follistatin secretion in hepatocytes in vitro. Our findings suggest that GCKR regulates follistatin secretion and that elevated circulating follistatin associates with an increased risk of T2D by inducing adipose tissue insulin resistance.


2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (02) ◽  
pp. 237-243
Author(s):  
GHULAM HUSSAIN BALOCH ◽  
ABDUL QADIR DALL ◽  
ATIF SITWAT HAYAT ◽  
Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah ◽  
Bikha Ram Devrajani

Objective: To determine the frequency and pattern of dental carries in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Design: Crosssectional descriptive study. Patients and methods: Patients with history of type 2 diabetes mellitus for ≥ 02 years duration with ≥ 35 years ofage and of either gender with dental pain visit at medical and dental outpatient department (OPD) of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad.The detail history was taken and the blood samples were taken for haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) to assess the glycemic status. The existenceof dental carries and its pattern was diagnosed through dental examination by consultant dentist had clinical experience ≥05 years. The datawas collected on pre-designed proforma, entered and analyzed in SPSS version 11.00. Results: A total of 137 type 2 diabetic patients wereselected for this study, out of these 82 were males and 55 females. The dental carries was found in 98 (71.5%) patients. Out of these ninetyeight, 53 (54.08%) were males and 45 (45.92%) were female. Upper molar teeth involvement was present in 46 patients and lower molarteeth were involved in 52 patients. Dentine carries was seen in 35 patients, enamel carries in 19, white spot carries in 20 patients, pulpitis in16 patients, and pulp capping in 8 patients. Involvement of individual teeth was also assessed, the upper molar involvement was present in32 patients, premolar involvement was present in 11, incisor involvement in 03 patients. The lower molars were involved in 28 patients,lower pre molar in 21 and lower incisors in 03 patients. Dental carries was present in 43 (43.9%) patients in patients whose duration ofdiabetes was between 5-10 years, whereas those patients having duration >10 years had 31.6% frequency of dental carries, whileregarding duration of <5 years only 24 (24.5%) patients had dental carries. Conclusions: The diabetic patients are more prone to acquiredental caries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Noor Thair Tahir ◽  
Hind SH. Ahmed ◽  
Rasha K. Hashim ◽  
Teba D. Soluiman

Background: Obesity and type 2 diabetes have both rapidly raised during the last periods and are ongoing to increase at a disturbing rate universal. Several clinical and epidemiological researches demonstrated a reverse association between circulating vitamin D levels, central adiposity and the progress of insulin resistance and diabetes. Objective: The target of this work was to elucidate the complex role of vitamin D and the clinical implications of diabetes on metabolic defects related with obesity. Subjects and Methods: This study encompassed 90 diabetic patients (45 obese and 45 non obese) who were attending the National Diabetic Center/ Al-Mustansiriyah University during the period from June 2019 to January 2020; their age range was (35-60) years. All participant underwent clinical and biochemical examinations. Results: A substantial rise (p= 0.01) in waist/hip ratio, body mass index, fasting serum glucose, total cholesterol, triacylglycerol, and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in obese diabetic patients as paralleled to non-obese group. Moreover, there was an elevation in glycated hemoglobin, serum insulin, and homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance in obese group, but it was not significant. A substantial decrease (p= 0.01) in serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol and vitamin D3 were detected in obese diabetic patients as paralleled to non-obese group.       Also, obese diabetic patients had the higher percent (61%) of D3 deficiency as paralleled to non-obese patients. Conclusions: In the present study, it is found that there is significant increase in blood sugar in the individuals with decreased vitamin D levels, which was related with insulin resistance, decreased β-cell function, and obesity.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
T. A. Zelenina ◽  
V. V. Salukhov ◽  
A. B. Zemlianoi ◽  
S. G. Zheleznjak ◽  
O. A. Klitsenko

BACKGROUND: Diabetic autonomic neuropathy is the reason for early morbidity and mortality on diabetic patients. The pathology not only cardiac innervation but microvascular is presented.AIMS: We estimated the parameters of skin microvascular blood flow in accordance with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) staging in diabetic patients. We also assessed other risk factors of CAN in patients with diabetes.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We included 76 patients with type 2 diabetes in the study (24 patients with resent-onset diabetes and/or diabetes without microvascular complications, 26 with diabetic sensorimotor neuropathy (SMN) and 26 with SMN and previous history of diabetic foot amputation). The SMN was diagnosed on the basis of patients complaints, anamnesis and data of clinical neurological examinations. CAN was detected using several cardiovascular autonomic reflex tests (CART) as a gold standard of diagnosis: the tilt-table test, a deepbreathing and Valsalva Maneuver, handgrip test, cold-stress vasoconstriction. According to the Toronto Diabetic Neuropathy Expert Group Recommendation all patients was separated on the groups: CAN 0 (all CARTs were normal), CAN 1 (possible/early CAN — one abnormal CART was presented), CAN 2 (definite/confirmed CAN –at least two abnormal CARTs were found), CAN 3 (severe/advanced CAN — in the cases of orthostatic hypotension in addition to CARTs abnormalities). Microvascular blood flow of skin at the nail roller of fingers skin was valuated at rest as well as in functional cold test by the method of High-frequency Ultrasonic Dopplerography using the “Minimax Doppler K” device (LLC JV “Minimax”, St. Petersburg, Russia).RESULTS: CAN 1 was found in 8% diabetic patients without microvascular complications, 42 and 21% patients with SMN and diabetic foot amputations respectively. CAN 2 was diagnosed in 27% patients with SMN and 58% patients history of diabetic foot amputations. CAN 3 in 8% and 19% cases in patients with SMN and history of diabetic foot amputations respectively. The parameters of microvascular blood flow at rest were significantly decreased in patients with confirmed/severe CAN in comparison with early staging of CAN and patients without CAN (Vm=2.5±0.66 sm/sec vs. 4.4±0.54 sm/sec and 5.1±1.01 sm/sec respectively; p=0.0033). The abnormal result of cold test was detected in 94% patients with confirmed/ severe CAN and 26% patients with CAN 1.CONCLUSIONS: This investigation has demonstrated in a cohort with type 2 diabetes patients with/without SMN and with/ without history of previously foot amputations that decrease the Vm (the variable of microvascular blood flow assessed by High-frequency Ultrasonic Dopplerography) lower than 2.4 sm/sec is associated with 6.4 times increased likelihood of confirmed/severe CAN as well as positive cold test result. That the patients with positive cold test results were 28.6 times more likely have confirmed/severe CAN.


Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1010
Author(s):  
Wei-Hao Hsu ◽  
Chin-Wei Tseng ◽  
Yu-Ting Huang ◽  
Ching-Chao Liang ◽  
Mei-Yueh Lee ◽  
...  

Prediabetes should be viewed as an increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In this study, we investigated its prevalence among the relatives and spouses of patients with type 2 diabetes or risk factors for prediabetes, insulin resistance, and β-cell function. A total of 175 individuals were included and stratified into three groups: controls, and relatives and spouses of type 2 diabetic patients. We compared clinical characteristics consisting of a homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and beta cell function (HOMA-β), a quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI), and triglyceride glucose (TyG) index. After a multivariable linear regression analysis, the relative group was independently correlated with high fasting glucose, a high TyG index, and low β-cell function; the relatives and spouses were independently associated with a low QUICKI. The relatives and spouses equally had a higher prevalence of prediabetes. These study also indicated that the relatives had multiple factors predicting the development of diabetes mellitus, and that the spouses may share a number of common environmental factors associated with low insulin sensitivity.


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