Open AccessHelicobacter pylori infection and its relationship to metabolic syndrome: Is it a myth or fact?
Author(s) -
Waleed Albaker
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.80377
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , insulin resistance , helicobacter pylori , helicobacter pylori infection , endothelial dysfunction , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , immunology , intensive care medicine , endocrinology
Metabolic syndrome is one of the most prevalent global health problems that predisposes to Type 2 diabetes. It is strongly linked to insulin resistance, which results in hyperglycemia. Over the past few years, lot of studies have been carried out on Helicobacter pylori infection and found a possible causal relationship through releasing some of the interleukins factors, which result in endothelial dysfunction. However, some studies attributed that due to coincidence were not able to establish any causal relationship. In this review, the literature has been reviewed to check this possible association.