Insulin resistance in peripheral artery disease: clinical significance and therapy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1072046

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This project seeks to improve our understanding and treatment of peripheral artery disease – a condition caused by narrowing/blockages in arteries that supply the legs. Peripheral artery disease affects ~15% of adults >40 years and often causes severe, disabling leg pains during walking. Building on recent findings that peripheral artery disease shares some similar characteristics to type 2 diabetes (“insulin resistance”), a common anti-diabetes drug will be trialled as a potential new strategy to alleviate these leg pains.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $316,449.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

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Other Keywords

arterial function | endothelial function | exercise intolerance | exercise test | glucose metabolism | insulin resistance | insulin sensitivity | muscle blood flow | perfusion imaging | peripheral arterial disease

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