The relationship between oxidative stress and the levels of serum circulating adhesion molecules in patients with hyperglycemia crises.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between oxidative stress and the levels of serum circulating adhesion molecules in patients with hyperglycemia crises.

Methods: A total of 73 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis and nonketotic hyperglycemia were treated on a low-dose insulin protocol using intravenous infusion of insulin with the established rate of 0.1U·kg(-1)·h(-1).

Correlation between glucose fluctuations and carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetes.

Aims: To evaluate the relationship between blood glucose fluctuations and carotid atherosclerosis (AS) in type 2 diabetic patients.

Methods: A case-control study included 36 patients with type 2 diabetes and 10 controls. According to the levels of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), 36 diabetic patients were classified into two groups, the diabetes mellitus without atherosclerosis (DM-AS, n=20) and diabetes mellitus with atherosclerosis (DM+AS, n=16).

[The relationship between serum level of leptin and oxidative stress in patients with hyperglycemia crisis].

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the levels of serum leptin and oxidative stress in patients with hyperglycemia crisis.

Methods: A total of 96 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and nonketotic hyperglycemia (NKH) were treated on a low-dose insulin protocol using intravenous infusion of insulin with the established rate of 0.1 Uxkg(-1)xh(-1), with the patients on intravenous fluids and receiving nutrition by mouth and vein.

[Circulating levels of oxidative stress and adipocytokines in obese subjects].

Aim: To investigate the relationship between adipocytokines levels and oxidative stress in obese males.

Methods: The levels of 8-iso-prostaglandinF2alpha(8-iso-PGF2alpha), superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), adiponectin, leptin, restistin, TNF-receptors 1(TNF-R1), Interleukin-1beta(IL-1beta) and Interleukin-6(IL-6) were measured in obese men and normal controls.

Results: The levels of 8-iso-PGF(2alpha), MDA, leptin, TNF-R1, IL-1beta and IL-6 was significantly higher than that normal controls (P<0.