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Lukáš Pácal

Researcher at Masaryk University

Publications -  33
Citations -  527

Lukáš Pácal is an academic researcher from Masaryk University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Diabetic nephropathy. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 32 publications receiving 435 citations.

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Evidence for altered thiamine metabolism in diabetes: Is there a potential to oppose gluco- and lipotoxicity by rational supplementation?

TL;DR: It could be concluded that although experimental studies mostly resulted in beneficial effects, clinical studies of appropriate size and duration focusing on the effect of thiamine supplementation/therapy on hard endpoints are missing at present.
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Hyperuricemia contributes to the faster progression of diabetic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that initial hyperuricemia or need for allopurinol is an independent risk factor for diabetic kidney disease progression and that SUA levels in diabetic subjects conferring protection against DKD progression might be lower than current cut-offs for general population.
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Role of thiamine status and genetic variability in transketolase and other pentose phosphate cycle enzymes in the progression of diabetic nephropathy

TL;DR: The results support the role of 'functional' thiamine deficiency in the development of hyperglycaemia-related pathology and limited intracellular availability of active TKT co-factor seems to be a dominant abnormality.
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Genetic risk factors for diabetic nephropathy on chromosomes 6p and 7q identified by the set-association approach.

TL;DR: Using the set-association approach, this study identified significant associations of several SNPs on chromosomes 6 and 7 with DN, and identified SNPs AGER 2184A/G and NOS3 774C/T, together with diabetes duration and HbA1c, as significant predictors of DN.