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High blood sugar levels reprogramme stem cells, study suggests
High blood sugar levels reprogramme stem cells, a study suggests (Peter Byrne/PA)
High blood sugar levels may reprogramme stem cells, leading to lasting increased risk of fat, cholesterol and other substances narrowing arteries and restricting blood flow, research suggests.
University of Oxford researchers found that high blood glucose, a hallmark of diabetes, alters stem cells in the bone marrow that go on to become white blood cells called macrophages.
As a result, these macrophages become inflammatory and contribute to the development of atherosclerotic plaques that can cause heart attacks.
Researchers say the findings explain why people with diabetes are at increased risk of heart attack, even after their blood glucose levels are brought back under control – a mystery that has troubled doctors for years.
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Study examines the role of early blood-sugar levels after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
People who get type 2 diabetes need to gain control of their blood-sugar levels fast. The years immediately after diagnosis are strikingly critical in terms of their future risk for heart attacks and death. This is shown by a joint study from the Universities of Gothenburg and Oxford.
In a collaboration between the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and the University of Oxford in the UK, the significance of blood sugar levels from the time type 2 diabetes is diagnosed for the risk of heart attacks and death has been studied. The project was led jointly by Professor Marcus Lind in Gothenburg and Professor Rury Holman in Oxford.
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