Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease in which the body cannot adequately regulate blood glucose because of insufficient insulin secretion, impaired insulin action, or both, resulting in persistent hyperglycemia. Insulin normally enables glucose uptake from the bloodstream into cells for energy; when this…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 63× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-2818 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease in which the body cannot adequately regulate blood glucose because of insufficient insulin secretion, impaired insulin action, or both, resulting in persistent hyperglycemia. Insulin normally enables glucose uptake from the bloodstream into cells for energy; when this fails, glucose accumulates and, over time, damages blood vessels and nerves, causing retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and cardiovascular complications. Its major forms—type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes—differ in mechanism but share the central problem of dysregulated glucose homeostasis, and research addresses prevention, diagnosis, biomarkers, and management. The studies collected here span these areas: the impact of nutrients on diabetes, beta-cell-relevant and gestational-diabetes risk factors and pregnancy outcomes, and trends in childhood and adolescent diabetes. Reproductive and pregnancy relevance is prominent, including gestational diabetes mellitus risk factors and outcomes in pregnant women and the intersection of stress, intimate partner violence, and diabetes. Phytotherapeutic and micronutrient approaches feature in work on bitter melon for glycemic control and Solanum aethiopicum, while vitamin D status, the kynurenine-vitamin B6 link to depression, coronary artery calcification, and machine-learning diabetes prediction broaden the scope. Methods range from clinical and case-control studies and cross-sectional surveys to predictive modeling and reviews. This topic assembles peer-reviewed research on the mechanisms, risk factors, and management of diabetes, including its reproductive and metabolic dimensions.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2013

Kynurenines and Vitamin B6: Link Between Diabetes and Depression.

Oxenkrug GregoryCorresponding author
Psychiatry and Inflammation Program, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA, USA.
Exact topic Bioinformatics And Diabetes Cited by 31 doi:10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-13-218
2022

Beneficial Impacts of Solanum aethiopicum L. in Diabetes Control

Michael Chukwudike Anyakudo MagnusCorresponding author
Endometabolic and Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, P.M.B 536, Laje Road, Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 4 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-22-4170

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 63 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Fertility Biomarkers (ISSN 2576-2818).

Journal editorial board
Reshef Tal · United States Weihua Wang · United States

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