Do diabetic patients infected with helicobacter pylori have a higher Insulin Resistance Degree?
It seems that the HP(+) diabetic patients require higher levels of serum insulin to reach the same degree of glycemic control compared to the HP(-) ones.
Our data provide evidence for systemic activation of the cellular immune system in patients with purely cutaneous DLE. Similarities in the lymphocyte immunophenotypic profiles in patients with DLE compared with SLE suggest that there are common immunopathological processes in these two conditions.