Yusuf Ozturk
Anadolu University, Turkey
Title: Experimental Models of Diabetes, Complications, Alternative and Complementary Approaches
Biography
Biography: Yusuf Ozturk
Abstract
Diabetes is an important metabolic disease affecting many people worldwide. Current medical problems are the management of long-term complications as well as the management of coexistence of other chronical diseases such as depression, etc. Some of this coexistent diseases may occur as a complication diabetes. Conventional therapies may not be sufficient in the management of such complicated clinical cases of diabetes. On the other hand, some of drugs used for the management of psychiatric drugs may impair glucose metabolism creating diabetic predisposition in patients. So, some alternative and complementary approaches seem to be required. Most of diabetic complications can be observed in experimental models of diabetes. Experimental models of diabetes may be employed not only for the investigation of diabetes and diabetic complications, but also for the study of drug effects on glucose metabolism and diabetic complications. These experimental techniques also allow to investigate alternative and complementary approaches. Therefore, this presentation will focus on experimental models of diabetes in relation to diabetic complications and alternative/complementary approaches discussing data from our laboratories.