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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Li M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3647566 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of diabetes research 20130410
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood glucose levels resulting from defects in insulin secretion and insulin action. The chronic hyperglycemia damages the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels. Curative therapies mainly include diet, insulin, and oral hypoglycemic agents. However, these therapies fail to maintain blood glucose levels in the normal range all the time. Although pancreas or islet-cell transplantation achieves better gluco ...[more]