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SUBMITTER: Bagnati M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5108311 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bagnati Marta M Ogunkolade Babatunji W BW Marshall Catriona C Tucci Carmen C Hanna Katie K Hanna Katie K Jones Tania A TA Bugliani Marco M Nedjai Belinda B Caton Paul W PW Kieswich Julius J Yaqoob Muhammed M MM Ball Graham R GR Marchetti Piero P Hitman Graham A GA Turner Mark D MD
Cell death & disease 20160811 8
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder, where failure to maintain normal glucose homoeostasis is associated with, and exacerbated by, obesity and the concomitant-elevated free fatty acid concentrations typically found in these patients. Hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia together contribute to a decline in insulin-producing β-cell mass through activation of the transcription factors nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) and signal transducer and activato ...[more]