Diabetes
Researchers from Israel, Taiwan and the United States report recent findings in diabetes
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 17th, 2006
Study 1: PPAR-gamma activation by rosiglitazone resulted in decreased manifestation of inflammatory hallmarks more strongly in a pregnant diabetic animal model.
According to a study from Israel, "The peroxisome proliferator activating nuclear receptors (PPAR) are activated in the context of inflammation, diabetes or normal pregnancy. Renal mesangial cells express PPAR-gamma which upon activation are capable of exerting anti-inflammatory effects."
J. Weissgarten and colleagues at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center explained, "We investigated the...
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