... diabetes epidemiology microalbuminuria prevalence Spanish population • A high microalbuminuria value is an early marker of diabetes risk and its complications as well as of CVD. The [email protected] study was undertaken in a representative sample of the Spanish population to determine ACR...

... 2008 glucagon glucose tolerance insulin deficiency kidney microalbuminuria Type 2 diabetes The existence of a second pancreatic hormone, one that raises plasma glucose concentrations, in addition to the glucose-lowering hormone insulin was deduced early in the 20th century and fully...

... hyperglycaemia, microalbuminuria and glomerular injury. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that long-term glucagon infusion induces early metabolic and renal phenotypes of Type 2 diabetes in mice by activating glucagon receptors. Five groups of adult male C57BL/6J mice were treated with vehicle...

..., and may represent a molecular link between inflammation and a prothrombotic state. The aim of the present study was to analyse the relationship between platelet activation, endothelial dysfunction, low-grade inflammation and sCD40L in patients with hypertension with or without MA (microalbuminuria...

.... Correspondence: Dr John D. Imig (email [email protected] ). 26 4 2004 29 7 2004 13 8 2004 13 8 2004 The Biochemical Society 2004 cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) 8-isoprostane microalbuminuria nephropathy obese Zucker rat prostaglandin The number of ESRD (end-stage renal...

...Kevin ROWLEY; Kerin O'DEA; Qing SU; Alicia J. JENKINS; James D. BEST Microalbuminuria is a risk factor for renal and cardiovascular diseases. Oxidant stress may contribute to vascular disease risk by promoting damage to renal and vascular tissues. This study examined the associations of plasma...

... 11 2002 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 2003 2003 albumin/creatinine ratio microalbuminuria pregnancy reference range 103Clinical Science (2003) 104, 103 107 (Printed in Great Britain) Urinary microalbumin/creatinine ratios: reference range...

... hypertension membrane fluidity microalbuminuria Na-Li countertransport thiol proteins Type II diabetes 673Clinical Science (2000) 98, 673 680 (Printed in Great Britain) Abnormal thiol group modulation of sodium lithium countertransport and membrane fluidity is associated with a disturbed relationship...

... of UAER. Correspondence: Dr P. Clausen. The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 1999 1999 atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease cardiovascular risk factor endothelial dysfunction microalbuminuria tissue plasminogen activator urinary albumin excretion von...

... infusions of atrial natriuretic peptide (0.01 μg min −1 kg −1 ) in 10 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria (urinary albumin excretion 90 ± 44 mg/day), both before and after 1 month of treatment with enalapril (20 mg once daily). 3. Despite a 40% reduction in proteinuria...

... and hypertension) is present in cells from non-insulin-dependent diabetes patients with microalbuminuria, a known risk factor for cardiovascular and renal disease, is unknown. We therefore examined intracellular pH and calcium changes after acute exposure to insulin and angiotensin II in cultured skin fibroblasts...

... (background retinopathy alone) microangiopathy, nine age-, sex- and duration-matched patients with microalbuminuria and nine control subjects. Microvascular fluid permeability was assessed by determination of the forearm capillary filtration coefficient using a sensitive strain-gauge plethysmographic...

...K. Fatima Zaidi; John S. Yudkin 1. An association has been described between increased sodium/hydrogen (Na + /H + ) exchange rates in various cells and microalbuminuria in type 1 diabetic patients. However, no data are available on the Na + /H + exchange rate in type 2 diabetes and its association...

...Jan Skov Jensen; Knut Borch-Johnsen; Gorm Jensen; BO Feldt-Rasmussen 1. In epidemiological studies microalbuminuria, i.e. slightly elevated urinary albumin excretion rate, predicts increased atherosclerotic vascular morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to test the hypothesis...

...T. G. Elliott; J. R. Cockcroft; P.-H. Groop; G. C. Viberti; J. M. Ritter 1. Microalbuminuria is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and may be a marker of microvascular dysfunction including endothelial damage. The purpose of this study...

...J. N. W. West; P. Gosling; S. B. Dimmitt; W. A. Littler 1. The effects of posture and exercise on the relationship between low-level urinary albumin excretion (microalbuminuria) and blood pressure was investigated in two groups of non-diabetic patients at increased cardiovascular risk: 21 otherwise...

... evaluated in 15 essential hypertensive patients with preserved renal function and compared with 12 normal subjects. 2. Seven patients had microalbuminuria (>30 mg/day) that was not correlated with blood pressure values. 3. After an oral protein load, an average increase of 20% in glomerular filtration...