Serkan Yener, Abdurrahman Comlekci, Baris Akinci, Pinar Akan, Tevfik Demir, Firat Bayraktar, Sena Yesil
OBJECTIVE: a)To determine serum Transforming Growth Factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who do not have diabetes related complications and in healthy controls, b) to evaluate the effects of metformin and rosiglitazone on TGF-β1 levels …
Selcuk Dagdelen, Mevlut Kurt, Kadriye Aydιn, Miyase Bayraktar
Severity of thiazolidinedione (Rosiglitazone)-induced fluid retention is linked almost exclusively to cardiac decompensation. We here report a 68-year old female with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in whom a life-threatening (anasarca type) acute pulmonary edema, induced by rosiglitazone plus insulin therapy …