Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and metabolic syndrome
(MetS) are particularly common medical disorders and are
leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide [1].
World Health Organization estimated that, more than 180 million
people worldwide are affected by the disease and expected
that this number will be doubled by the year 2030 [2].
Diabetes causes various microvascular complications
(e.g., retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy). These complications
could be attributed to the biochemical and structural
changes in basement membrane proteins in different organ systems.
Chronic hyperglycemia leads to glycosylation of proteins
such as collagen and elastin with subsequent thickening of basement membrane and microangiopathy.