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In experimental peripheral arterial disease, type 2 diabetes alters post-ischemic gene expression
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In experimental peripheral arterial disease, type 2 diabetes alters post-ischemic gene expression

Rahul Peravali, Lucas Gunnels, Karthik Dhanabalan, Folabi Ariganjoye, Ivan C. Gerling and Ayotunde O. Dokun
Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology, Vol.17, pp.100199-100199
09/2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcte.2019.100199
PMCID: PMC6595134
PMID: 31293900
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcte.2019.100199View
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Abstract

Peripheral arterial disease is characterized by impaired blood flow to tissues outside the heart due to atherosclerosis and it most frequently occurs in the lower extremities. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a well-known risk factor that accelerate the course and contributes to poor clinical outcomes of PAD. While there is some evidence that T2D is associated with altered expression of genes involved in regulating PAD severity, our knowledge about the specific genes and pathways involved remains incomplete. We induced experimental PAD or hind limb ischemia in T2D and non-diabetic mice and subjected the ischemic gastrocnemius muscle tissues to genome-wide mRNA transcriptome analysis. We subsequently performed pathway analysis on the top 500 genes that showed the most significant expression differences between the ischemic diabetic and ischemic non-diabetic muscle tissues. Pathway analysis of the differentially expressed genes identified pathways involved in essential biological processes such as “metabolic pathways,” “phagosomes,” “lysosomes,” and “regulation of actin cytoskeleton”. Overall, our data provides the opportunity to test hypotheses on the potential role of the altered genes/molecular pathways in poor PAD outcomes in diabetes.
Genome-wide gene expression profiling Molecular pathway analysis Peripheral artery disease Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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