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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez Camargo DC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5970100 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20180501 43
In diabetes, hyperamylinemia contributes to cardiac dysfunction. The interplay between hIAPP, blood glucose and other plasma components is, however, not understood. We show that glucose and LDL interact with hIAPP, resulting in β-sheet rich oligomers with increased β-cell toxicity and hemolytic activity, providing mechanistic insights for a direct link between diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. ...[more]