Below a specific threshold, FCP exerts a protective effect, but above that threshold the protective effect becomes uncertain.

progressive β-cell destruction has been the hallmark of type 1 diabetes, but residual C-peptide (a surrogate marker for insulin secretion) may be detected over 40 years after initial diagnosis ...

A panelist discusses how autoimmune screening through detection of diabetes-specific autoantibodies serves as a critical tool for identifying pre-symptomatic type 1 diabetes (T1D), enabling earlier ...

Low levels of soluble neuropilin-1 are associated with depression in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, ...

Early diagnosis can be extremely helpful as ... order additional tests such as antibody tests (to detect type 1 diabetes) or a C-peptide test (to measure insulin production)." ...

Ekberg and colleagues proposed that in type 1 diabetes a deficiency of C peptide, a subunit of the proinsulin molecule, also contributes to nerve damage; their animal studies showed that C-peptide ...