Use of insulin to improve glycemic control in diabetes mellitus

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-251

  Dandona, Paresh ^a,b,c   Chaudhuri, Ajay ^a   Ghanim, Husam ^a   Mohanty, Priya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GATES VASCULAR INSTITUTE AT KALEIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^c Diabetes Endocrinology Center of WNY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycemic control; Inflammation; Insulin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RETEPLASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBRINOLYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 48349119920     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-008-6101-3     Document Type: Review

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