Association between HCV infection and diabetes type 2 in Egypt: is it time to split up?
Although it does not appear that HCV exposure and diabetes are linked, there might be an association between diabetes and chronic HCV infection. The HCV-diabetes relationship may be more complex than previously anticipated. Therefore, a call for an "amicable divorce" to the HCV-diabetes relationship could be premature.
In neonatal rat cardiac myocytes, chronic hypoxia (1) increases beta 1-mRNA and receptor expression but does not alter adenylylcyclase activity stimulated at either the receptor or the postreceptor level and (2) does not affect agonist-induced beta 1-mRNA and receptor downregulation and desensitization of the adenylylcyclase response.