The Mechanisms of the Development of Atherosclerosis in Prediabetes |
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| Authors: | Yin Liang Mengxue Wang Chen Wang Yun Liu Keiji Naruse Ken Takahashi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan; (Y.L.); (M.W.); (C.W.); (Y.L.); (K.N.) |
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| Abstract: | Lifestyle changes, such as overeating and underexercising, can increase the risk of prediabetes. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of atherosclerosis, and recently it became clear that the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis progresses even before the onset of diabetic symptoms. In addition to changes in platelets and leukocytes in the hyperglycemic state and damage to vascular endothelial cells, extracellular vesicles and microRNAs were found to be involved in the progression of prediabetes atherosclerosis. This review discusses the cellular and molecular mechanisms of these processes, with an intention to enable a comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology of prediabetes and atherosclerosis. |
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| Keywords: | prediabetes atherosclerosis metabolic syndrome obesity endothelial dysfunction exosome microRNA |
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