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SUBMITTER: Safarpour P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007689 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Safarpour Peivasteh P Daneshi-Maskooni Milad M Vafa Mohammadreza M Nourbakhsh Mitra M Janani Leila L Maddah Mohsen M Amiri Fatemeh-Sadat FS Mohammadi Fereshteh F Sadeghi Homa H
BMC family practice 20200207 1
<h4>Background</h4>Vitamin D (VD) may increase sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and subsequently PPAR-γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) and irisin levels and these improvements may reduce insulin resistance (IR). The aim was to assess the effects of vitamin D supplementation on SIRT1, irisin, and IR in overweight/obese type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Ninety T2D males and females were recruited as a clinical trial study (mean of age and body mass index (BMI) of intervention and placebo groups were 50.05 ...[more]