Angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 in diabetes mellitus: relationship to VEGF, glycaemic control, endothelial damage/dysfunction and atherosclerosis

Hoong Lim, Gregory Lip, Andrew Blann

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: microvascular complications in diabetes identify those at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), suggesting a link between abnormal neovascularisation and CVD. This may be related to high plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). We hypothesised increased angiopoietins (Ang)-1 and -2 in patients with diabetes that are related to VEGF, medium-term glycaemic control, endothelial damage/dysfunction and atherosclerosis. METHODS AND PATIENTS: we measured plasma Ang-1 and Ang-2 alongside VEGF (all by ELISA) in 96 patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (41 with and 56 without overt CVD) who were compared to 35 age- and sex-comparable healthy controls. Common carotid intima-media thickness (CC-IMT) was used to assess carotid atherosclerosis, plasma von Willebrand factor (vWf) and urine albumin:creatinine ratio (UACr) to quantify and endothelial damage/dysfunction, and HbA1c to mark medium-term hypergylcaemia. RESULTS: Ang-2 (but not Ang-1) was higher in patients with diabetes compared to controls (p
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)113-8
Number of pages6
JournalAtherosclerosis
Volume180
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2005

Keywords

  • angiopoietin
  • diabetes mellitus
  • vascular endothelial growth factor
  • atherosclerosis

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