TY  - CHAP
AU  - Lorena García
AU  - Carlos Wolff
AU  - Verónica Araya
AU  - Gloria López
AU  - Sergio Lobos
AU  - Pilar Durruty
AU  - Daniela Seelenfreund
ED  - Colleen Croniger
Y1  - 2011-09-12
PY  - 2011
T1  - Genetics of Endothelial Damage Associated to Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
N2  - Obesity and type 2 diabetes are increasing worldwide problems. In this book we reviewed insulin secretion in both healthy individuals and in patients with type 2 diabetes. Because of the risk associated with progression from insulin resistance to diabetes and cardiovascular complications increases along a continuum, we included several chapters on the damage of endothelial cells in type 2 diabetes and genetic influences on endothelial cell dysfunction.   Cardiovascular complications occur at a much lower glucose levels, thus a review on the oral glucose tolerance test compared to other methods was included.  The medical conditions associated with type 2 diabetes such as pancreatic cancer, sarcopenia and sleep disordered breathing with diabetes were also discussed. The book concludes with several chapters on the treatments for this disease offering us hope in prevention and successful alleviation of the co-morbidities associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
BT  - Medical Complications of Type 2 Diabetes
SP  - Ch. 10
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/21686
DO  - 10.5772/21686
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-24
ER  -