Cell adhesion molecules may serve as markers of endothelial cell activation, and they may well have a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic vascular disease in diabetes mellitus.
Elevated soluble cell adhesion molecules E-selectin and intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 in type-2 diabetic patients with and without asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease.
Section of Vascular Biology and Medicine, University and Department of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, UK. tarikelhadd@aol.com