Abstract
Insulin resistance and diabetes are current clinical concerns due to their increasing prevalence in western societies and in developing countries. Cardiovascular alterations, affecting both macro- and microcirculation, are among the major causes of illness and premature death within patients with insulin resistance or diabetes. However, the detrimental effects of insulin resistance and diabetes in the lungs are less clinically apparent, or at least masked by the progression of these metabolic diseases on other target organs. Epidemiological and experimental data suggest a link between pulmonary arterial hypertension and diabetes. Thereby, hemodynamic derangements in uncontrolled diabetes or insulin resistance are predisposing factors leading to early pulmonary alterations that in association with a second hit might accelerate the onset of pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary hypertension. The present article reviewed the current knowledge about the effects of insulin resistance and diabetes in a territory which has received little attention until recently: the pulmonary circulation.
Keywords: Diabetes, insulin resistance, pulmonary hypertension, endothelium, pulmonary arteries.
Current Vascular Pharmacology
Title:Pulmonary Vascular Function in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes
Volume: 12 Issue: 3
Author(s): Javier Moral-Sanz, Laura Moreno, Angel Cogolludo and Francisco Perez-Vizcaino
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Keywords: Diabetes, insulin resistance, pulmonary hypertension, endothelium, pulmonary arteries.
Abstract: Insulin resistance and diabetes are current clinical concerns due to their increasing prevalence in western societies and in developing countries. Cardiovascular alterations, affecting both macro- and microcirculation, are among the major causes of illness and premature death within patients with insulin resistance or diabetes. However, the detrimental effects of insulin resistance and diabetes in the lungs are less clinically apparent, or at least masked by the progression of these metabolic diseases on other target organs. Epidemiological and experimental data suggest a link between pulmonary arterial hypertension and diabetes. Thereby, hemodynamic derangements in uncontrolled diabetes or insulin resistance are predisposing factors leading to early pulmonary alterations that in association with a second hit might accelerate the onset of pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary hypertension. The present article reviewed the current knowledge about the effects of insulin resistance and diabetes in a territory which has received little attention until recently: the pulmonary circulation.
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Moral-Sanz Javier, Moreno Laura, Cogolludo Angel and Perez-Vizcaino Francisco, Pulmonary Vascular Function in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2014; 12 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161112666140423222808
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161112666140423222808 |
Print ISSN 1570-1611 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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