India, April 17 -- 'Gossip Girl' star Michelle Trachtenberg died from complications with diabetes mellitus, TMZ reported citing the New York City Medical Examiner's Office. This comes weeks after the 39-year-old was found dead inside her New York City apartment. Soon after her abrupt death, a source to NBC News said that the actor had received a liver transplant.

According to the National Library of Medicine, post-live transplantation diabetes mellitus (PLTDM) develops in up to '30% of liver transplant recipients'. The website adds that it is 'associated with increased risk of mortality and multiple morbid outcomes'.

"PLTDM is a multicausal disorder, but the main risk factor is the use of immunosuppressive agents of the calcineurin inhi...