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Chikako Ito

Publications -  23
Citations -  6832

Chikako Ito is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Type 2 diabetes & Insulin resistance. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 23 publications receiving 6476 citations.

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Report of the committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus (revision for international harmonization of HbAle in Japan)

TL;DR: Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases associated with various metabolic disorders, the main feature of which is chronic hyperglycemia due to insufficient insulin action, which can cause susceptibility to specific complications and also foster arteriosclerosis.
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Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus

TL;DR: The confirmation of chronic hyperglycemia is a prerequisite for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, and the state of glycemia may be classified within three categories, diabetic type; borderline type; and normal type.
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Genetic variation in the gene encoding adiponectin is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the japanese population

TL;DR: Evidence of an association between frequent single nucleotide polymorphisms at positions 45 and 276 in the adiponectin gene and type 2 diabetes is presented, and the observation that adiponECTin improves insulin sensitivity in animal models is concluded.