Francesco Paneni, MD, PhD, FESC, Cardiology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sarah Costantino, PhD, Cardiology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.The main purpose for the focused issue:
To offer a timely update on new mechanisms and putative therapeutic strategies to prevent cardiovascular disorders (CVD) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).
The publishing schedule:2015 October issue of CDT
The following is the outline of this issue:Focused Issue: mechanisms-based therapeutic strategies in type 2 diabetesFrancesco Paneni, Sarah Costantino
Mechanisms of ectopic calcification: implications for diabetic vasculopathy
Angelo Avogaro, Gian Paolo Fadini
Vascular repair strategies in type 2 diabetes: novel insights
Kira Kuschnerus, Ulf Landmesser, Nicolle Kränkel
Diabetic cardiomyopathy: is resistin a culprit? A translational perspective
Djamel Lebeche
Hyperglycemia: a bad signature on the vascular system
Sarah Costantino, Francesco Paneni, Francesco Cosentino
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease: let's push forward with translational research
Francesco Paneni, Sarah Costantino
Understanding and treating hypertension in diabetic populations
Massimo Volpe, Allegra Battistoni, Carmine Savoia, Giuliano Tocci
Atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives
Francesco De Sensi, Tom De Potter, Alberto Cresti, Silva Severi, Günter Breithardt
Boosting autophagy in the diabetic heart: a translational perspective
Sebastiano Sciarretta, V. Subbarao Boppana, Mahaa Umapathi, Giacomo Frati, Junichi Sadoshima