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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 155, Issue 5, Pages 757-761Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02273
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Objective: To determine the effect of the initial metabolic imbalance and its restoration after insulin therapy on adiponectin and acylated ghrelin levels in children with type 1. diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Study design: Twenty prepubertal children with newly diagnosed T1DM were prospectively studied at diagnosis and after I and 4 months of therapy. Body mass index (BMI) and serum levels of adiponectin, resistin, total and acylated ghrelin, leptin, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were determined. The control group comprised 40 healthy prepubertal children. Results: BMI was decreased at diagnosis. normalized at I month, and remained so thereafter. Adiponectin levels at diagnosis were similar to controls, increasing significantly after I month and normalizing at 4 months. Acylated ghrelin levels were lower at diagnosis, with a significant increase at I month and normalizing at 4 months. Resistin levels were normal at all time points. Leptin levels were decreased, while TNF-alpha and IL-6 were increased at diagnosis and normalized at 1. month. Conclusions: These findings suggest that BMI is not the main predictor of acylated ghrelin or adiponectin levels in newly diagnosed T1DM subjects and that these peptides may play an important role in the metabolic adaptation in this disease.
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