- ►diabetesjournals.org A Lopez-Bermejo, B Chico-Julia, M Fernandez … - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc Visfatin has shown to be increased in type 2 diabetes but to be unrelated to
insulin sensitivity. We hypothesized that visfatin is associated with insulin
secretion in humans. To this aim, a cross-sectional study was conducted in ... Cited by 82 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- Free from Publisher JJ Meier, AE Butler, R Galasso, PC Butler - Diabetes Care, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—We report that in patients with post-GBS hypoglycemia, β-cell area
was not increased compared with that in obese or even lean control subjects.
Consistent with this finding, there was no evidence of increased β-cell ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►physiology.org C Cobelli, GM Toffolo, CD Man, M Campioni, P … - American Journal of Physiology- Endocrinology And …, 2007 - Am Physiological Soc Assessment of insulin secretion in humans under physiological conditions has
been a challenge because of its complex interplay with insulin action and
hepatic insulin extraction. The possibility of simultaneously assessing ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- Free from Publisher S Camastra, M Manco, A Mari, AV Greco, S … - Diabetes care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Bariatric surgery in severely obese diabetic patients can restore glucose
tolerance (1). Malabsorptive bariatric surgery (eg, bilio-pancreatic diversion
[BPD]) in nondiabetic subjects induces an improvement in insulin ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org E Lin, LS Phillips, TR Ziegler, B Schmotzer, … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Obesity-related glucose intolerance is a function of hepatic (homeostatic model
assessment-insulin resistance [HOMA-IR]) and peripheral insulin resistance (S i
) and β-cell dysfunction. We determined relationships between changes in ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►reshealth.org [PDF] - Free from Publisher G Schernthaner, JM Morton - Diabetes Care, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc There is an epidemic of obesity throughout the developed and much of the
developing world (1–3). Obesity, typically measured as BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 , has
three subclasses: obesity 1 (30–34.9 kg/m 2 ); obesity 2 (35–39.9 kg/m ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►physiology.org MO Larsen, B Rolin, J Sturis, M Wilken, RD … - American Journal of Physiology- Endocrinology And …, 2006 - Am Physiological Soc At present, the best available estimators of -cell mass in humans are those
based on measurement of insulin levels or appearance rates in the circulation.
In several animal models, these estimators have been validated against ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
K Osei, T Gaillard, D Schuster - Metabolism, 2007 - Elsevier Peripheral insulin levels are determined by beta-cell secretion, insulin
sensitivity, and hepatic insulin extraction (HIE). We have previously shown that
whereas sulfonylureas reduce insulin extraction, metformin enhances HIE. ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 14 versions
E Garcia-Fuentes, JM García-Almeida, J … - Obesity surgery, 2006 - Springer Background: Obesity is often associated with hyper- secrection of insulin.
Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) has recently been redefined as a fasting plasma
glu- cose of 5.6-6.9 mmol/L. The aim of this study was to determine whether ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
G Mingrone - Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2008 - Elsevier The effect of purely restrictive procedures in improving glucose control is
directly proportional to the degree of weight loss. In contrast, either RYGB or
BPD, the first a mainly restrictive and the second a quite purely ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 13 versions
