Evaluation of Polyneuropathy Markers in Type 1 Diabetic Kidney Transplant Patients and Effects of Islet Transplantation  

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Carro, Ubaldo Del ; Fiorina, Paolo ; Amadio, Stefano ; Petrelli, Alessandra ; and Others

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Diabetes Care vol. 30 no. 12 (Dec. 2007), page 3063.
Topik: Abbreviations: AGE; advanced glycation end product • CMAP; compound motor action potential • CML; N-(carboxymethyl) lysine • DPN; diabetic polyneuropathy • ESRD; end-stage renal disease • NCV; nerve conduction velocity • RAGE; receptor for AGE • SAP; sensory action potential

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: D05.K.2007.04 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether islet transplantation may stabilize polyneuropathy in uremic type 1 diabetic patients (end-stage renal disease [ESRD] and type 1 diabetes), who received a successful islet-after-kidney transplantation (KI-s). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Eighteen KI-s patients underwent electroneurographic tests of sural, peroneal, ulnar, and median nerves: the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) index and amplitudes of both sensory action potentials (SAPs) and compound motor action potentials (CMAPs) were analyzed longitudinally at 2, 4, and 6 years after islet transplantation. Skin content of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and expression of their specific receptors (RAGE) were also studied at the 4-year follow-up. Nine patients with ESRD and type 1 diabetes who received kidney transplantation alone (KD) served as control subjects. RESULTS—The NCV score improved in the KI-s group up to the 4-year time point (P = 0.01 versus baseline) and stabilized 2 years later, whereas the same parameter did not change significantly in the KD group throughout the follow-up period or when a cross-sectional analysis between groups was performed. Either SAP or CMAP amplitudes recovered in the KI-s group, whereas they continued worsening in KD control subjects. AGE and RAGE levels in perineurium and vasa nervorum of skin biopsies were lower in the KI-s than in the KD group (P < 0.01 for RAGE). CONCLUSIONS—Islet transplantation seems to prevent long-term worsening of polyneuropathy in patients with ESRD and type 1 diabetes who receive islets after kidney transplantation. No statistical differences between the two groups were evident on cross-sectional analysis. A reduction in AGE/RAGE expression in the peripheral nervous system was shown in patients receiving islet transplantation.

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