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Research News From July 23, 2006

A Significant Role for Histocompatibility in Human Islet Transplantation. Type 1 diabetes: pathogenesis and prevention. Free full text available in PDF format and includes excellent drawings that help explain the autoimmune process of type 1 diabetes. Effects of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms on susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus. C-peptide improves neuropathy in type 1 diabetic BB/Wor-rats. Lower bone mineral content in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus is linked to female sex, low IGFI levels and high insulin requirement. Free full text available in PDF format. Homocysteinylation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) from subjects with Type 1 diabetes: effect […]

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Research News From July 16, 2006

Paratuberculosis and Type I diabetes Is this the trigger? Is facilitating pancreatic beta cell regeneration a valid option for clinical therapy? Left ventricular chamber and myocardial systolic function reserve in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: insight from traditional and Doppler tissue imaging echocardiography. Retinal Vascular Caliber and Risk of Retinopathy in Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Raised C-reactive protein levels in patients with recent onset type 1 diabetes. Increased syndecan-1 in serum is related to early nephropathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients. Type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis: a Danish population-based cohort study. A novel drug delivery […]

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Research News From July 9, 2006

Folate and vitamin B6 rapidly normalize endothelial dysfunction in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Insulin resistance in type 1 diabetic children and adolescents – a simplified method of estimation. Antibiotic treatment partially protects against type 1 diabetes in the Bio-Breeding diabetes-prone rat. Is the gut flora involved in the development of type 1 diabetes? Preliminary data on monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Birth weight and type 1 diabetes among schoolchildren in Taiwan-A population-based case-controlled study. Prenatal viral exposure followed by adult stress produces glucose intolerance in a mouse model. UF study sheds light […]

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Research News From July 2, 2006

The Effect of Glucose Variability on the Risk of Microvascular Complications in Type 1 Diabetes concludes “… that blood glucose variability does not appear to be an additional factor in the development of microvascular complications.” Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats. Embryonic Pig Pancreatic Tissue Transplantation for the Treatment of Diabetes. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats. Suitability of human juvenile pancreatic islets for clinical use. Combination therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in animals. Free full text of the study — — is available in HTML and PDF formats. Direct evidence of attempted beta […]

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Research News From June 25, 2006

Association between infectious diseases and type 1 diabetes: a case-crossover study. HLA-DQB1 genotypes, islet antibodies and beta cell function in the classification of recent-onset diabetes among young adults in the nationwide Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden. Does physiological beta cell turnover initiate autoimmune diabetes in the regional lymph nodes? Assessing 1-h plasma glucose and shape of the glucose curve during oral glucose tolerance test. Hyperketonemia (ketosis), oxidative stress and type 1 diabetes. Mechanisms of sympathoadrenal failure and hypoglycemia in diabetes. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats. The PDF version includes an excellent diagram of the physiological and […]

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Research News From June 18, 2006

ADA: 50-Year Type 1 Diabetes Survivors Show Islet Cells. Diabetes mellitus and immunization. Solitary pancreas transplantation for life-threatening allergy to human insulin. Early diastolic impairment of diabetic heart: The significance of right ventricle. Cerebral hyperemia and impaired cerebral autoregulation associated with diabetic ketoacidosis in critically ill children. Alcohol intake, consumption pattern and beverage type, and the risk of Type 2 diabetes.

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Research News From June 11, 2006

Enteral virus infections in early childhood and an enhanced type 1 diabetes-associated antibody response to dietary insulin. Stem cell sources for clinical islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes: Embryonic and adult stem cells. Parameters favouring successful adult pig islet isolations for xenotransplantation in pig-to-primate models. Six-month survival of microencapsulated pig islets and alginate biocompatibility in primates: proof of concept. A Newly Developed Bioartificial Pancreas Successfully Controls Blood Glucose in Totally Pancreatectomized Diabetic Pigs. Thyroid autoimmunity in children with coexisting type 1 diabetes mellitus and celiac disease: a multicenter study. Circulating adipocytokines in non-diabetic and Type 1 diabetic children: relationship to […]

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Research News From June 4, 2006

30-year Study Of Type 1 Diabetes Finds No Improvement In Heart Disease Rates helps explain The 30-Year Natural History of Type 1 Diabetes Complications; The Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study Experience, previously reported. Assessment of glycemic control after islet transplantation using the continuous glucose monitor in insulin-independent versus insulin-requiring type 1 diabetes subjects. Lower-than-Expected Prevalence and Severity of Retinopathy in an Incident Cohort followed during the First 4-14 Years of Type 1 Diabetes. Densin and filtrin in the pancreas and in the kidney, targets for humoral autoimmunity in patients with type 1 diabetes. Plasma homocysteine levels in children and […]

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Research News From May 28, 2006

Trends in diabetes mellitus among privately insured children, 1998-2002. Effect of nicotinamide on newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic children. Cognitive Performance, Psychological Well-Being, and Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Older Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. Reversal of Type 1 Diabetes by Engineering a Glucose Sensor in Skeletal Muscle. Induction of Tolerance in Type 1 Diabetes via Both CD4+CD25+ T Regulatory Cells and T Regulatory Type 1 Cells. Investigation of the age-at-onset heterogeneity in type 1 diabetes through mathematical modeling. 1,5-Anhydroglucitol and Postprandial Hyperglycemia as Measured by Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Moderately Controlled Patients With Diabetes. Hyperglycemia Stimulates Coagulation, Whereas […]

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Research News From May 21, 2006

Reversal of Diabetes by Pancreatic Islet Transplantation into a Subcutaneous, Neovascularized Device. Low birth weight does not increase the risk of nephropathy in Finnish type 1 diabetic patients. The restorative effects of pulsed infrared light therapy on significant loss of peripheral protective sensation in patients with long-term type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Nicotinamide Reduces High Secretion of IFN-gamma in High-Risk Relatives Even Though It Does Not Prevent Type 1 Diabetes. Preserved sensitivity to {beta}2-adrenergic receptor agonists in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and hypoglycemia unawareness. Free full text available in PDF format. New Study Reveals Signaling Pathways […]

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