- ►diabetesjournals.org A Nakamura, K Shikata, M Hiramatsu, T … - Diabetes Care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Serum and urinary IL-18 levels were significantly elevated in patients
with type 2 diabetes as compared with control subjects (serum IL-18 179 ± 62
vs. 121 ± 55 pg/ml, P < 0.001; urinary IL-18 97 ± 159 vs. 47 ± 54 pg/ml, ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
RA Mahmoud, SA el-Ezz, AS Hegazy - The Italian journal of biochemistry, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov In the present study we measured interleukin-18 (IL-18) and tumour necrosis
factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) levels by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in
sera from 65 diabetic [30 with type 1 insulin dependent diabetes mellitus ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 2 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org N Katakami, H Kaneto, M Matsuhisa, K … - Diabetes care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Recent studies have shown that low-grade inflammation plays an important role in
the development of diabetes vascular complications (1). Interleukin-18 (IL-18)
is well known to play a key role in various inflammatory and autoimmune ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org B Thorand, H Kolb, J Baumert, W Koenig, L … - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc We investigated prospectively the association between serum levels of
interleukin (IL)-18 and the risk of type 2 diabetes in a case-cohort study
conducted in middle-aged men and women who represented 7,936 participants ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 3 versions
RJL Stuyt, MG Netea, TBH Geijtenbeek, BJ … - Immunology, 2003 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Induction of expression of adhesion molecules is a crucial step in inflammation.
The role of interleukin-18 (IL-18) in induction of various adhesion molecules
was investigated in freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
JJ NAVARRO, FF MILENA, C Mora, C Leon, F … - Kidney International, 2005 - nature.com The pathogenic mechanisms and molecular events involved in the development and
progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN) are not completely known. Recent data
indicate that diabetes includes an inflammatory component that is related ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
Y Moriwaki, T Yamamoto, Y Shibutani, E Aoki … - Metabolism, 2003 - Elsevier To compare levels of interleukin (IL)-18, tumor necrosis factor-alpha
(TNF-[alpha ]), and IL-6 in serum, we studied 151 type 2 diabetes mellitus
patients with various degrees of nephropathy, as well as 80 healthy ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
Ö Harmankaya, S Seber, M Yilmaz - Renal failure, 2003 - informahealthcare.com Objective. To investigate the anti proteinuric effect of pentoxifylline in
diabetic patients, we prospectively studied in 25 hypertensive type 2 diabetic
patients with persistent microalbuminuria and normal renal function the ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
