Search Results - "Andrea Tura"
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Focus on Nutritional Aspects of Sarcopenia in Diabetes: Current Evidence and Remarks for Future Research
Published in Nutrients (13-01-2022)“…Sarcopenia has been defined as a progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass that can be observed after the age of 40 years, with a rate of deterioration…”
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A Plant-Based Dietary Intervention Improves Beta-Cell Function and Insulin Resistance in Overweight Adults: A 16-Week Randomized Clinical Trial
Published in Nutrients (09-02-2018)“…The aim of this study was to test the effect of a plant-based dietary intervention on beta-cell function in overweight adults with no history of diabetes…”
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Mathematical Modeling for the Physiological and Clinical Investigation of Glucose Homeostasis and Diabetes
Published in Frontiers in physiology (25-11-2020)“…Mathematical modeling in the field of glucose metabolism has a longstanding tradition. The use of models is motivated by several reasons. Models have been used…”
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Short-term dietary reduction of branched-chain amino acids reduces meal-induced insulin secretion and modifies microbiome composition in type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled crossover trial
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-11-2019)“…Epidemiological studies have shown that increased circulating branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes…”
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Artificial Intelligence Methodologies Applied to Technologies for Screening, Diagnosis and Care of the Diabetic Foot: A Narrative Review
Published in Biosensors (Basel) (08-11-2022)“…Diabetic foot syndrome is a multifactorial pathology with at least three main etiological factors, i.e., peripheral neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease,…”
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Effects of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet on Gut Microbiota in Overweight Individuals and Relationships with Body Weight, Body Composition, and Insulin Sensitivity. A Randomized Clinical Trial
Published in Nutrients (24-09-2020)“…Diet modulates gut microbiota and plays an important role in human health. The aim of this study was to test the effect of a low-fat vegan diet on gut…”
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Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for the Assessment of Body Composition in Sarcopenia and Type 2 Diabetes
Published in Nutrients (29-04-2022)“…Sarcopenia is emerging as a severe complication in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). On the other hand, it has been documented that nutritional aspects, such as…”
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An in-silico modeling approach to separate exogenous and endogenous plasma insulin appearance, with application to inhaled insulin
Published in Scientific reports (13-05-2024)“…The aim of this study was to develop a dynamic model-based approach to separately quantify the exogenous and endogenous contributions to total plasma insulin…”
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Prediction of clamp-derived insulin sensitivity from the oral glucose insulin sensitivity index
Published in Diabetologia (01-05-2018)“…Aims/hypothesis The euglycaemic–hyperinsulinaemic clamp is the gold-standard method for measuring insulin sensitivity, but is less suitable for large clinical…”
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Insulin clearance and incretin hormones following oral and “isoglycemic” intravenous glucose in type 2 diabetes patients under different antidiabetic treatments
Published in Scientific reports (15-02-2022)“…It has not been elucidated whether incretins affect insulin clearance in type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed exploring possible associations between insulin…”
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Insulinogenic indices from insulin and C-peptide: Comparison of beta-cell function from OGTT and IVGTT
Published in Diabetes research and clinical practice (01-06-2006)“…A frequently used index of beta-cell function from the OGTT is the insulinogenic index, IGI. However, there is still some controversy about its validity. In a…”
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Mathematical Model of Glucagon Kinetics for the Assessment of Insulin-Mediated Glucagon Inhibition During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (22-03-2021)“…Glucagon is secreted from the pancreatic alpha cells and plays an important role in the maintenance of glucose homeostasis, by interacting with insulin. The…”
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TyGIS: improved triglyceride-glucose index for the assessment of insulin sensitivity during pregnancy
Published in Cardiovascular diabetology (18-10-2022)“…Abstract Background The triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) has been proposed as a surrogate marker of insulin resistance, which is a typical trait of pregnancy…”
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the Diagnosis of Post-Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Tolerance From Years One to Five After Kidney Transplantation—A Prospective Pilot Study
Published in Transplant international (15-11-2024)“…Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) and prediabetes are associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant…”
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Sex- and age-related differences of metabolic parameters in impaired glucose metabolism and type 2 diabetes compared to normal glucose tolerance
Published in Diabetes research and clinical practice (01-12-2018)“…•Parameters of glucose metabolism show differences in relation to sex and age.•In women with impaired glucose metabolism beta-cell function deteriorates with…”
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Gait symmetry and regularity in transfemoral amputees assessed by trunk accelerations
Published in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation (19-01-2010)“…The aim of this study was to evaluate a method based on a single accelerometer for the assessment of gait symmetry and regularity in subjects wearing lower…”
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Glucose Metabolism After Renal Transplantation
Published in Diabetes care (01-09-2013)“…We determined prevalence, risk factors, phenotype, and pathophysiological mechanism of new-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) to generate strategies…”
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Possible association between hepatitis C virus and malignancies different from hepatocellular carcinoma:A systematic review
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (07-12-2015)“…AIM: To summarize the current knowledge about the potential relationship between hepatitis C virus(HCV) infection and the risk of several extra-liver cancers…”
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Glucagon kinetics assessed by mathematical modelling during oral glucose administration in people spanning from normal glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (2024)“…Glucagon is important in the maintenance of glucose homeostasis, with also effects on lipids. In this study, we aimed to apply a recently developed model of…”
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