Insulin therapy may help repair atherosclerotic lesions in diabetic patients
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells. These results advance the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of diabetic vascular disease. The study is published in the February issue of the American Journal of Pathology.