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Denisa Margina Faculty of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956, Bucharest, Romania

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Mihaela Ilie Faculty of Pharmacy, Toxicology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956, Bucharest, Romania

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Daniela Gradinaru Faculty of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956, Bucharest, Romania

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Maria Vladica N. Paulescu National Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Ion Movila Street, Bucharest, Romania

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Cornelia Pencea N. Paulescu National Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Ion Movila Street, Bucharest, Romania

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Niculina Mitrea Faculty of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956, Bucharest, Romania

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Eva Katona Faculty of General Medicine, Biophysics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroii Sanitari Street, 050474, Bucharest, Romania

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Abstract

The present study aims at finding correlations between certain biochemical and biophysical blood parameters for diabetes patients, focusing on the antioxidant status of the red blood cells and the membrane fluidity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), the endothelial function and the risk of stable interaction between the leucocytes and the endothelium. For that purpose we evaluated blood samples from 32 diabetes patients compared to a control group of 10 subjects for erythrocytes’ enzymatic activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and of superoxide dismutase, their susceptibility to lipid peroxidation, the plasma nitric oxide stable end products level and the PBMC membrane fluidity. Our results showed that the erythrocytes’ antioxidant mechanisms and the PBMC membrane fluidity are impaired under chronic hyperglycemic conditions. Since microvascular complications of diabetes are mainly determined by redox mechanisms, the evaluation of these parameters might help in characterizing the risk of vascular complication for diabetes patients.

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Clinical and Experimental Medical Journal
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2007
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