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Vitamin D suppression of endoplasmic reticulum stress promotes an antiatherogenic monocyte/macrophage phenotype in type 2 diabetic patients.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Nov 2012
Riek Amy E, Oh Jisu, Sprague Jennifer E, Timpson Alexandra, de las Fuentes Lisa, Bernal-Mizrachi Leon, Schechtman Kenneth B, Bernal-Mizrachi Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity/mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but there is a lack of knowledge about the mechanism(s) of increased atherosclerosis in these patients. In patients with T2DM, the prevalence of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) deficiency is almost twice that for nondiabetics and doubles the relative risk of developing cardiovascular disease...
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