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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Novel Biomarkers of Inflammation for the Management of Diabetes: Immunoglobulin-Free Light Chains.

Akira Matsumori

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Hydroxychloroquine as an Adjunct Therapy for Diabetes in Pregnancy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akira MatsumoriClinical Research Center, Kyoto Medical Center, 1-1 Fukakusa Mukaihata-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8555, Japan.
Kyoto Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus infection, inflammation and genetic factors are important factors in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a family of transcription factors that bind the enhancer of the κ light chain gene of B cell immunoglobulin. NF-κB plays an essential role in the activation and development of B cells, and the activation of NF-κB is critical in the inflammation and development of diabetes mellitus. Recently, immunoglobulin-free light chain (FLC) λ was found to be increased in the sera of patients with diabetes mellitus, and the FLC λ and κ/λ ratios are more specific and sensitive markers for the diagnosis of diabetes relative to glycated hemoglobin A1c. Thus, FLCs may be promising biomarkers of inflammation that could relate to the activation of NF-κB. We suggest that NF-κB could be a target for an anti-inflammatory strategy in preventing and treating diabetes when FLCs are modified. FLCs could be a surrogate endpoint in the management of diabetes. In this review, the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of diabetes, as well as the novel inflammatory biomarkers of FLCs for the management of diabetes, are discussed.

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anti-inflammationB cellsbiomarkerdiabeteshepatitis C virusimmunoglobulininflammationlight chainnuclear factor-kappa Bvirus

Identifiers

PMID35327468
PMCPMC8945380
OpenAlexW4221017915

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