Search for dissertations about: "T2D and weight control"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words T2D and weight control.

  2. 1. Exploring the Grey Zone between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

    Author : Ekaterine Bakhtadze; diabetes och endokrinologi Genomik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : T1D is most common in children and young adults and is characterized by autoimmune destruction of insulin producing pancreatic beta cells, presence of certain risk genotypes such as HLA-DQB1, INS VNTR, PTPN22 and need of insulin for survival. In adults the same situation is often referred to as Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), with age at onset after 35 years and non-insulin requiring at least for 6 month after diagnosis. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bariatric surgery as treatment of type 2 diabetes – clinical and mechanistic aspects

    Author : Petros Katsogiannos; Jan Eriksson; Magnus Sundbom; Per-Ola Carlsson; Daniel Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Roux-en-y gastric bypass; Type 2 diabetes; incretins; cytokines; adipokines; adipose tissue; heart rate variability; quality of life.; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Bariatric surgery can rapidly improve glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with T2D and obesity. These improvements appear to be partly independent of weight loss, however, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. READ MORE

  5. 3. DNA methylation patterns in human adipose tissue in relation to diet and type 2 diabetes

    Author : Alexander Perfilyev; Diabetes - epigenetik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; DNA Methylation; Adipose Tissue; Illumina 450k methylation array; type 2 diabetes;

    Abstract : Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a common metabolic disease and its prevalence is increasing worldwide. Adipose tissue plays an important role in metabolic processes. Environmental factors may affect metabolic phenotypes and epigenetics may mediate this influence. READ MORE

  6. 4. Prevention of type 2 diabetes and poor mental health amongst immigrants from the Middle-East to Sweden

    Author : Faiza Siddiqui; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and poor mental health are two major public health concerns in Europe. Ethnicity is identified as a risk marker for both conditions. Middle-Eastern immigrants represent the largest group of non-European immigrants in Sweden and are at increased risk for T2D. READ MORE

  7. 5. Prospective and retrospective memory in normal and pathological aging

    Author : Åsa Livner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Diabetes is a progressive disease with late complications, one of the most common being diabetic neuropathy (DN). DN can lead to serious complications and accounts for more hospitalization and higher costs than all other complications of diabetes combined. READ MORE