Biochemistry of Diabetes and Atherosclerosis

Diabetes is an autoimmune, inflammatory disease affecting many different organ systems and exhibiting both primary and secondary defects. Because diabetes affects a wide range of cellular systems, a multidisciplinary effort has been mounted over the past several decades using a wide range of investigative techniques and methodologies in order to identify molecular mechanisms responsible for cellular dysfunction. Primary defects at various levels of sub-cellular signalling, intracellular calcium handling, protein expression and energy regulation are often a primary consequence of diabetes. This volume is a compilation of multidisciplinary research that aims to broaden our understanding of diabetes and cardiovascular disease as well as provide the basis for the development of novel therapeutic interventions.