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Are insulin-resistance and oxidative stress cause or consequence of aging.

Sylwia Dzięgielewska-GęsiakDorota StołtnyAlicja BrożekMałgorzata Muc-WierzgońSylwia Dziegielewska-Gesiak
Published in: Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) (2020)
Insulin resistance is associated with oxidative stress leading to cardiovascular diseases. However, little research has been performed examining elderly individuals with or without insulin-resistance. We demonstrate that antioxidant defense systems alone is not able to abrogate insulin action in elderly individuals at high risk for atherosclerosis, whereas the combined oxidant-antioxidant markers (thiobarbituric acid-reacting substances (TBARS), Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD-1), and total antioxidant status (TAS)) might be more efficient and perhaps produce better clinical outcome. In fact, a decrease in oxidative stress and strong interaction between antioxidant defense can be seen only among insulin-resistant elderly individuals. This is, in our opinion, valuable information for clinicians, since insulin-resistance is considered strong cardiovascular risk factor.
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