introduction: one of the main mechanisms by which diabetic complications occur is an alteration of the structure and function of proteins due to hyperglycemia. aspirin (asa) affects cellular pathways through different mechanisms, including glycation inhibition and antioxidant activity. the aim of the present study, as a follow up to our previous one, is to investigate the effect of long-term, h...

background: diabetic men have been claimed to have lower serum free testosterone (ft) concentrations than non-diabetic men. the aim of this study was to investigate if serum ft, luteinizing hormone (lh), and follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) concentrations are different in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with healthy men and to identify factors associated with low serum testost...

background: to assess the effect of supplementation with vitamins a, e and c and ω-3 fatty acids on lipid peroxidation in strepto zotocin (stz) induced diabetic rats. methods: sixty four male wistar rats weighting 250g were divided into four groups as normal control, diabetic control, dia betic with vitamin a, e as well as c supplementation and diabetic with ω-3 fatty acids supplementation. aft...

background: diabetic patients are more susceptible to urinary tract infections (uti) than non-diabetics .this study was carried out to determine the prevalence and risk factors of urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic women in tehran. methods: this cross sectional study was designed to examine 511 non-pregnant type 2 diabetic women using consecutive sampling during september and march 200...

background bone morphogenetic protein 7 (bmp7) has been suggested to play a protective role against kidney injury in chronic kidney disease. objectives to identify the critical molecular regulators in the early stage of diabetic nephropathy, we studied the expression of bmp7 and 2 important kidney-specific markers, podocin and tamm–horsfall protein (thp). materials and methods a diabetic nephro...

background: cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) during coronary artery bypass grafting is thought to contribute significantly to increased blood glucose level and altered blood electrolytes balance during the operation. in this (cabg) study, blood electrolytes and glucose during cpb in insulin-dependent diabetic and non-diabetic patients were assessed with special emphasis on the trend of the changes....

Background and aims It is difficult to understand the various presentations of the diabetic ischaemic foot. The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical and angiological features of three presentations of the diabetic ischaemic foot: the painful ischaemic foot with tissue loss (group 1), the painful ischaemic foot with no tissue loss (group 2), and the painless ischaemic foot with tissu...

introduction: hyperalgesia is considered as one of the marked signs of subchronic diabetes mellitus in patients that could affect their lifestyle. this study was designed to investigate the anti-nociceptive effect of chronic administration of quercetin in streptozotocin (stz)-diabetic rats using formalin and hot tail immersion tests. methods: rats were divided into control, control or diabetic ...

abstract  introduction: hyperalgesia is considered as one the marked signs of subchronic diabetes mellitus that could affect the life style of the patients. with c onsidering the potential anti-diabetic effect of the medicinal plant withania somnifera (ws)( ashwagandha), this study was designed to investigate the analgesic effect of ws on formalin-induced nociceptive responses (standard formali...

objective: diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease are the two common endocrinopathies seen in adult population. studies to evaluate thyroid disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes are lacking. the aim of this study was to compare prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and autoim-munity in type 2 diabetic patients with age and sex matched non-diabetic control group. material and methods: among pati...