Background/aim: Diabetes mellitus, characterized by hyperglycemia, causes various complications, one of which is memory dysfunction. The frontal lobe is known to be responsible for impaired memory function due to hyperglycemia and is associated with oxidative stress-mediated neuronal cell apoptosis. Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is reported to have neuroprotective effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is known to have antifibrotic and hypoglycemic effects and may play a role in preventing diabetes-induced pulmonary fibrosis. This study aimed to determine the effect and optimum dose of CGA on diabetes-induced pulmonary fibrosis.
Methods: Thirty Wistar rats (two-month-old, 150-200 grams) were randomly divided into six groups, namely control, six weeks diabetes mellitus (DM1), eight weeks DM (DM2), and three DM2 groups (CGA1, CGA2, and CGA3) who received CGA doses of 12.
Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease with many complications, one of which is diabetic encephalopathy which is characterised by memory dysfunction. Hyperglycaemia that occurs in DM will activate inflammatory pathways in neurons, including NF-κB pathway. Activation of this pathway produce proinflammatory agents such as MCP-1 and IL-6, which activate glial cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Obesity alters several metabolic activities, subsequently leading to the development of cardiovascular diseases. The insulin resistance-induced obesity stimulates vasodilatation and vasoconstriction imbalance, which ends up in cardiac vascular remodeling. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of obesity in cardiac diseases with a focus on inflammatory mediators associated with endothelial dysfunction.
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