title: Plasma endothelin-1 levels in patients with diabetes mellitus with or without vascular complication.
abstract: Plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) concentrations were measured in 25 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (11 with angiopathy and 14 without angiopathy) and 21 normal subjects using radioimmunoassay specific to ET-1. Basal plasma immunoreactive (ir) ET-1 levels in diabetic patients with and without angiopathy were 1.73 +/- 0.29 and 1.68 +/- 0.20 pg/ml, respectively. Although high glucose levels may stimulate ET-1 release from vascular endothelial cells in vitro, our data suggest that circulating ET-1 may not be elevated in most diabetic patients with or without angiopathy.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shichiri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marumo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D016232:Endothelins