For all those Type 1 diabetes sufferers out there, I found some interesting information regarding research and findings on controlling the risk of cardiovascular disease in type 1 patients. Check out this article for more details.
Article source: http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_7737992
"Researchers at UC Davis Health System have discovered a novel pathway that results in increased inflammation of blood vessels in patients with type 1 diabetes. Their findings suggest that, with good diabetes control, this inflammation may be reduced, possibly resulting in a reduction of cardiovascular disease as well.
In a study now available both in the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism as well on the National Institutes of Health's PubMed, the researchers provide the first-ever demonstration of increased expression and signaling in type 1 diabetics of two key receptors within the body's innate immune system. Called TLR2 and TLR4, they are part of a family of pattern recognition receptors known as Toll-like receptors (TLRs), so-called because of their similarities to the well-defined Tollgene found in much-studied fruit flies."
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