The role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications

• Главный автор: Maria Lopes-Virella (auth)
• Другие авторы: Gabriel Virella (auth)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Серии: Frontiers Research Topics
• Предметы: immune system; Diabetes; Endocrinology
• Online-ссылка: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The main causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetes are macrovasular and microvascular complications, including atherosclerosis, nephropathy, and retinopathy. As the definition of atherosclerosis as a chronic, smoldering, inflammatory disease has gained general acceptance, the attention of resear...