Is insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity pattern different in isolated impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose : the risk factor in Impaired Glucose Tolerance for Atherosclerosis and Diabetes study?
Our cross-sectional data from the RIAD study demonstrate that isolated IFG and isolated IGT are different with respect to the degree of insulin resistance and anomalies in insulin secretion, and that subjects with IGT exhibit a deficit in the early and late phases of insulin secretion. This finding may be important for a differential approach in primary prevention of type 2 diabetes.
Increased circulation of several members of the galectin family is common in patients with cancer and these may, like circulating galectin-3, also be involved in metastasis promotion.