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This paper identifies patients with type 2 diabetes who have also developed a cardiovascular disease to measure genetic variation related to T2D with CVD on an Arab population sample in UAE using state-of-the-art technology in genome field; genome-wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) arrays.... No research has been conducted on the implication of genetic testing, or genome-wide screening for type 2 diabetes with CVD among the UAE population nor any other Arab population....
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Continual consumption of such foodstuff(s) results to inflammation, which is a characteristic of autoimmune disease.... Genetically, type I diabetes is considered as a polygenic disease.... Destruction of beta cells results from autoimmune response of the body.... S127) argues that a virally triggered autoimmune response is another cause of type I diabetes.... Apart from internally induced autoimmune response, Knip et al (p....
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Before going into details of the problems and discrimination I experience because of this disorder I think it necessary to explain briefly about the diabetic condition in general and especially juvenile… Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder caused by the lack of ability of the pancreas to produce insulin or inability of the body cells to There are two major types of diabetes, Type 1 and type 2.... type 2 diabetic, also known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes, is comparatively high among diabetes and caused because of insulin resistance, primarily owing to obesity, with insufficient production of insulin by the body....
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Type 1 diabetes, which is referred to as juvenile diabetes due to its onset at an early age as well as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus owing to the medical need for insulin, has been often deemed as an autoimmune disease.... In the study of Notkins and Lernmark (2001), although they were able to conclude that type 1 diabetes was an autoimmune disease, it was noted that there are still unresolved issues that should be addressed in future research such as the environmental triggers for such condition....
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It is a chronic disease condition that is associated with abnormal high sugar or glucose levels in the blood composition.... This is an autoimmune condition.... Currently, it is not clear what may instigate the condition but scientists believe that it may be the genetic, autoimmune and environmental factors and viruses are possible involved.... diabetes is associated with the mechanism of utilizing digested food for energy and growth....
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Two major types of diabetes are- Type I or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), juvenile onset diabetes mellitus, which is caused due to the destruction of β- cells of pancreatic islets, majority of the cases are autoimmune (type 1A) antibodies that destroy β-cells and are detectable in blood.... A widespread pathological changes involves thickening of capillary basement membrane, increase in vessel wall matrix and cellular… feration resulting in vascular complications like lumen narrowing, early atherosclerosis, sclerosis of glomerular capillaries, retinopathy, neuropathy and peripheral vascular insufficiency ("An RCN guide to the National Service Framework for diabetes").
Enhanced nonenzymatic cosylation of tissue proteins due to persistent exposure to high glucose concentrations and the accumulation of larger quantities of sorbitol (a reduced product of glucose) in tissues are believed to be causative in the pathological changes of diabetes....
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Treatments for the disease have been around, but none of them is free of… However, in recent times, research has led to the discovery of new means to manage the disease, although, only for minimal patients.... Diabetes is a disease that results from the autoimmune destructions of pancreatic cells that are responsible for an individual's ability to control and regulate blood glucose (Marko et al 1).... Diabetes causes poor blood circulation, heart disease, stroke, infection, kidney failure and sometimes it even results in death (Zhao 2)....
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These are Type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and Gestational diabetes.... type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, which accounts for about 95% of all diabetes cases among adults.... This diabetic condition is also associated with many other health complications including stroke, heart disease, kidney problems, and damages to blood vessels in the eyes and nerves (Ekoé, 2008).... This is an autoimmune condition arising from the body launching an attack to its own pancreas by producing antibodies that affect the functioning of the pancreas....
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