Reduced antioxidant potential & sensitivity to oxidation in plasma low density lipoprotein fraction in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Erguder I. B., Karagenc N., Karaca L.

INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, vol.124, no.2, pp.207-210, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 124 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Journal Name: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.207-210
  • Keywords: diabetes mellitus, LDL oxidation, LIPID-PEROXIDATION, SUSCEPTIBILITY, SYSTEM, LDL
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background & objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate LDL oxidation in the ethiopathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus a disease caused due to severe insulin dysfunction, is associated with lipid and protein metabolic disorders.