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ArticleBioinformation2021

Insulin resistance and decreased spexin in Indian Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

G Tejaswi, C D Dayanand, K Prabhakar

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Article in Bioinformation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Emerging roles of spexin in cardiovascular homeostasis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G TejaswiDepartment of Biochemistry, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education & Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
C D DayanandDepartment of Biochemistry, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education & Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
K PrabhakarDepartment of General Medicine, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education & Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spexin is novel biomarker, which plays a potential role in glucose and lipid metabolisms. However, there was paucity of serum spexin levels in obesity and diabetes mellitus subjects. Hence the current study was aimed to find the relationship between the serum spexin levels in type 2 Diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) with extrapolation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. A cross-sectional study included 330 participants, subdivided as control (n=110), type 2 DM (n=110) and type 2 DM with CVD groups (n=110). HbA1c, insulin, lipid profile, spexin & leptin including blood pressure and body mass index were analyzed from all the participants. The serum spexin levels (ng/ml) were significantly decreased in type 2 DM (mean ± sd: 0.65 ± 0.03) and type 2 DM with CVD (0.48 ± 0.02) groups compared to the control (0.79 ± 0.03) group (p<0.001). The decreased spexin levels were observed in type 2 DM, and further more decreased in type 2 DM with CVD patients compared to controls indicating that spexin levels could be served as an early prediction of obesity-induced T2DM with CVD risk.

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Cardiovascular diseaseSpexintype 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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PMCPMC9049087
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