Adipose tissue develops lipids, aberrant adipokines, chemokines, and pro-inflammatory
cytokines as a consequence of the low-grade systemic inflammation that characterizes …

Background A growing number of studies found inconsistent results on the role of
chemokines in the progression of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and prediabetes (PDM). The …

Diabetic wounds have poor healing outcomes due to the presence of numerous pathogens
and a dysregulated immune response. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is commonly isolated …

Aims/hypothesis Exosomes released from cells can transfer both functional proteins and
RNAs between cells. In this study we tested the hypothesis that muscle cells might transmit …

Diabetes mellitus results from immune cell invasion into pancreatic islets of Langerhans,
eventually leading to selective destruction of the insulin-producing β-cells. How this process …

CXCL1 is a CXC chemokine, CXCR2 ligand and chemotactic factor for neutrophils. In this
paper, we present a review of the role of the chemokine CXCL1 in physiology and in …

Skeletal muscle secretes factors, termed myokines. We employed differentiated human
skeletal muscle cells (hSMC) cultured from Type 2 diabetic (T2D) and non-diabetic (ND) …

Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the roles of plasma cytokines in diabetic
retinopathy (DR) and their relationship with the severity of DR. Methods This study included …

Background Studies investigating chemokines in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have
yielded mixed results. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to explore whether …

Diabetes-related pathophysiological alterations and various female reproductive difficulties
were common in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), who had 21.1 …