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Concurrent smoking and diabetes worsen post-stroke cerebral energy metabolism and impair recovery.
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Proper regulation of energy metabolism in the brain is crucial for maintaining brain activity in physiological and different pathophysiological conditions. Ischemic stroke has a complex pathophysiology which includes perturbations in the brain energy metabolism processes which can contribute to worsening of brain injury and stroke outcome. Smoking and diabetes are common risk factors and comorbid conditions for ischemic stroke which have also been associated with disruptions in brain energy metabolism. Simultaneous presence of these conditions may further alter energy metabolism in the brain leading to a poor clinical prognosis after an ischemic stroke event. In this review, we discuss the possible effects of smoking and/or diabetes on brain glucose utilization and mitochondrial energy metabolism which, when present concurrently, may exacerbate energy metabolism in the ischemic brain. More research is needed to investigate brain glucose utilization and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in ischemic stroke in the presence of smoking and/or diabetes, which would provide further insights on the pathophysiology of these comorbid conditions and facilitate the development of therapeutic interventions.
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Sifat et al. (2022) conducted a review in Ischemic stroke. Smoking and diabetes was evaluated on Brain glucose utilization and mitochondrial energy metabolism. Concurrent smoking and diabetes may exacerbate disruptions in brain glucose utilization and mitochondrial energy metabolism after ischemic stroke, leading to a poorer clinical prognosis.
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