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Increased pro-Oxidant- Antioxidant Balance in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

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Seyed Reza Mirhafez, Amir Avan, Raheleh Darsouie, Alireza Heidari-Bakavoli, Seyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh,Mohsen Mazidi, Hossein Savadi, Mahmoud Ebrahimi,Gordon A Ferns and Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

 Increased pro-Oxidant– Antioxidant Balance in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic condition affecting populations globally. Diabetes mellitus is associated with an imbalance between pro-oxidant mechanisms and the antioxidant defenses, contributing to oxidative-stress, and this is associated with an increased susceptibility to endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis, insulin-resistance and impairedpancreatic β-cell function. Here we have investigated the serum pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance (PAB) in the patients with... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000207

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