Metformin enhanced SOD and GPx activities in type 2 diabetes patients but the reflection of this increase to the total antioxidant capacity was not significant.
The SOD (14.139 ± 1.479 U/mgprot) and GSH-PX (81.511 ± 5.276 U/mgprot) levels significantly decreased in NAFLD with T2DM rats, while the levels of these indicators increased after treatment with TGJ.
Genetic polymorphisms (Pro197Leu of Gpx1, +35A/C of SOD1, -262C/T of CAT), the level of antioxidant proteins (GPx1, SOD1, CAT) and the risk of distal symmetric polyneuropathy in Polish patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The offspring of T2D patients had increased levels of serum ferritin (P < 0.01) and lower transferrin receptor (P < 0.008); higher insulin (P < 0.03) and total and LDL cholesterol; higher heme oxygenase and SOD activities increased TBARS and lower GSH; decreased mitofusin and Bcl/Bax expression ratios compared to offspring of normal subjects.
The association between the polymorphisms of three different antioxidative enzyme - catalase, copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/ Zn-SOD) and extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) - genes and macroangiopathy was examined in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.