Valeriya Lyssenko
Associate Researcher
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Diabetes Centre Malmoe
Sweden
Biography
Valeriya Lyssenko is a researcher in diabetes in Diabetes Center Malmoe, Sweden
Research Interest
Valeriya Lyssenko research interest in Type 2 diabetes is a complex polygenic disease where environmental factors interact with genetic factors to cause the disease. While environment has changed dramatically towards more affluent Western life style and less physical activity last decades, our genetics did not change implying that our genes rather determine how we respond to the changes in the environment. Beta-cell capacity to compensate for the increase insulin demands plays a key role in the pathogenesis of the disease. To identify genetic factors which increase risk or protect from developing type 2 diabetes in at high risk individuals will improve disease prediction and help to design more efficient preventive strategies long before disease can occur.
