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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
One of diabetes' dangerous consequences is dysfunction of the single-cell layer that lines our blood vessels.
Too much circulating sugar and fat can leave our endothelial lining inflamed and unable to dilate properly, driving blood pressure up, which multiplies the problem and sets the stage for vascular disease, said Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University.
Now researchers suspect a protein, which is already a hot therapeutic target for the prevention of obesity and diabetes, may be one as well for the disabling and potentially deadly endothelial dysfunction.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-block-blood-vessel-dysfunction-diabetes.html
Too much circulating sugar and fat can leave our endothelial lining inflamed and unable to dilate properly, driving blood pressure up, which multiplies the problem and sets the stage for vascular disease, said Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University.
Now researchers suspect a protein, which is already a hot therapeutic target for the prevention of obesity and diabetes, may be one as well for the disabling and potentially deadly endothelial dysfunction.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-block-blood-vessel-dysfunction-diabetes.html