University of Wales
NO and oxygen delivery by glycated hemoglobin reduced in diabetes
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, July 6th, 2004
According to a study from Wales, "Vascular dysfunction in diabetes is attributed to lack of bioavailable nitric oxide (NO) and is postulated as a primary cause of small vessel complications as a result of poor glycemic control. Although it has been proposed that NO is bound by red blood cells (RBCs) and can induce relaxation of blood vessels distal to its site of production in the normal circulation, the effect of RBC glycation on NO binding and relaxation of hypoxic vessels is unknown."
"We confirm RBC-induced vessel relaxation is inversely related to tissue...
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