An investigation of the association between the level of prolactin in serum and type II diabetes

Publication date: Available online 17 July 2018Source: Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & ReviewsAuthor(s): Najmeh Manshaei, Feloria Shakibaei, Mohammad Fazilati, Hossein Salavati, Masoud Negahdary, Abbasali PalizbanAbstractAs a hormone secreted from the pituitary gland, prolactin (PRL) plays an important role in increasing beta cell proliferation, stimulating the secretion of insulin, preventing the activities of caspases on pathways that cause apoptosis in the Langerhans' islands, and moderating the immune system in regulating the whole body's sensitivity to insulin. Therefore, PRL level changes in type II diabetes and it can be concluded that PRL can play an important role in metabolic disorders of glucose. The present study is carried out in order to investigate the association between serum levels of PRL and type II DM. Blood samples were taken from 64 females affected by type II diabetes and 70 healthy ones, whose PRL level was measured using electrochemiluminescence (ECL) technique. It was a case-control study, and based on the definition dedicated to each group, subjects were assigned to two groups. The patient group included the subjects with type II diabetes while the control group included healthy samples. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (Mann-Whitney test, t-test, and spearman's rho correlation test). According to the results, PRL concentration in the serum of people affected by type II diabetes (5.32 ± 0.36) was significantly (P˂0.05)...
Source: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research