Blunted glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid sensitivity to stress in people with diabetes

•Impaired stress responsivity in type 2 diabetes is associated with a lack of mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid sensitivity.•Corticosteroid sensitivity in type 2 diabetes correlates to HbA1c.•Type 2 diabetes participants showed blunted response to stress in inflammatory cytokines.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carvalho, Livia A., Urbanova, Livia, Hamer, Mark, Hackett, Ruth A., Lazzarino, Antonio I., Steptoe, Andrew
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pergamon Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275581/