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Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is currently a public health problem worldwide and a threat to human health and social development. The incidence rate of the disease is steadily increasing. Various genetic and environmental factors have been established as influencing the pathogenesis of this diseas...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8749291 |
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author | Dong, Guangtong Qu, Lianlian Gong, Xuefeng Pang, Bing Yan, Weitian Wei, Junping |
author_facet | Dong, Guangtong Qu, Lianlian Gong, Xuefeng Pang, Bing Yan, Weitian Wei, Junping |
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description | Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is currently a public health problem worldwide and a threat to human health and social development. The incidence rate of the disease is steadily increasing. Various genetic and environmental factors have been established as influencing the pathogenesis of this disease. However, the influence of social factors and the natural environment on DM incidence should also be considered. Low-grade inflammation could represent a central point of connection integrating all these potential triggers, being partly responsible for the development of insulin resistance. This paper aims to elaborate on the impact of the natural environment and social factors on DM development, with a special focus on six aspects of the pathogenesis of DM: pollution, radiation, psychology, drink, sleep, and exercise. We identified a two-way relationship between T2DM and social and natural environments. Changes in these environments may lead to low-grade inflammation, which in turn induces or aggravates T2DM and vice versa. Poor lifestyle may lead to increased insulin resistance and promote DM development. Improvements in blood glucose control can be achieved through nonenvironmental and behavioral interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-66149692019-07-24 Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus Dong, Guangtong Qu, Lianlian Gong, Xuefeng Pang, Bing Yan, Weitian Wei, Junping Int J Endocrinol Review Article Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is currently a public health problem worldwide and a threat to human health and social development. The incidence rate of the disease is steadily increasing. Various genetic and environmental factors have been established as influencing the pathogenesis of this disease. However, the influence of social factors and the natural environment on DM incidence should also be considered. Low-grade inflammation could represent a central point of connection integrating all these potential triggers, being partly responsible for the development of insulin resistance. This paper aims to elaborate on the impact of the natural environment and social factors on DM development, with a special focus on six aspects of the pathogenesis of DM: pollution, radiation, psychology, drink, sleep, and exercise. We identified a two-way relationship between T2DM and social and natural environments. Changes in these environments may lead to low-grade inflammation, which in turn induces or aggravates T2DM and vice versa. Poor lifestyle may lead to increased insulin resistance and promote DM development. Improvements in blood glucose control can be achieved through nonenvironmental and behavioral interventions. Hindawi 2019-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6614969/ /pubmed/31341475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8749291 Text en Copyright © 2019 Guangtong Dong et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Dong, Guangtong Qu, Lianlian Gong, Xuefeng Pang, Bing Yan, Weitian Wei, Junping Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus |
title | Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus |
title_full | Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus |
title_fullStr | Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus |
title_short | Effect of Social Factors and the Natural Environment on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus |
title_sort | effect of social factors and the natural environment on the etiology and pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8749291 |
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