Open AccessAdvances around technologies investigating mitochondrial function and insights gained by their applications
Author(s) -
Lee Hong Kyu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of diabetes investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2040-1124
pISSN - 2040-1116
DOI - 10.1111/jdi.12221
Subject(s) - chemiosmosis , atp synthase , adenosine triphosphate , mitochondrion , biochemistry , flavin adenine dinucleotide , adenosine diphosphate , chemistry , medicine , enzyme , cofactor , platelet , platelet aggregation
Diabetes mellitus is defined as a state of persistently high levels of blood glucose and insulin deficiency, and resistance to it is considered as the cause(s). However, the metabolic abnormalities of diabetes are not limited to glucose, but encompass the entire metabolism. Insulin controls not only glucose, but fat and protein metabolism as well. Furthermore, body structures of patients with this disease become abnormal, termed complications, which eventually lead to the death of patients.