CHANGES OF PLASMA IMMUNOREACTIVE ?-ENDORPHIN LEVEL IN NIDDM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRONIC COMPLICATIONS / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

Plasma concentrations of immunoreactivc beta-endorphin in patients with NIDDM were measured by radioimmuno-assay. It was found that the plasma beta-endorphin levels decreased in 68 cases of NIDDM especially in those with long duration of illness and chronic complication. These results suggested that beta-endorphin may be related to diabetes and its chronic complication.