[Case of diabetes complicated by pancreatic neoplasms].
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N Horiuchi
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Development of diabetic retinopathy and its associated risk factors in type 2 diabetic patients in Osaka district, Japan: a long-term prospective study.
Incidence rates of diabetic retinopathy and its associated risk factors were studied in a long-term prospective study involving 976 type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetic patients that showed no retinopathy at entry to the study. 322 of the patients (one-third of the subjects studied) developed diabetic retinopathy during the observation period (average length 8.3 years). The incidence rate per 1000 person-years was 39.8. The rate was significantly related to age at onset of diabetes, to fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level at entry, and to type of treatment. The incidence rate was also related to the duration of the disease. Glycemic control clearly played a role in the occurrence of retinopathy. Patients with FPG greater than or equal to 200 mg/dl had the highest incidence rate, while patients with FPG less than 140 mg/dl showed the lowest incidence rate throughout the observation period. Furthermore, a longer period between onset of diabetes and development of retinopathy was observed in patients with FPG less than 140 mg/dl compared to patients with FPG greater than or equal to 200 mg/dl. The findings suggest that strict glycemic control may be of particular value to reduce the incidence of retinopathy and to delay its appearance in type 2 diabetic patients.
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Coexistence of xeroderma pigmentosum with sarcoidosis and adenocarcinoma of the digestive organs.
Xeroderma pigmentosum has not been reported in association with any specific diseases except for skin malignancy. We observed a case of its coexistence with sarcoidosis and adenocarcinoma of the digestive organs, which has been reported only once in the past. A 54-year-old Japanese female with a variant type of xeroderma pigmentosum developed successively multiple lesions of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma on her face. Intensive metastasis studies led to the incidental detection of non-caseating epithelioid cell granulomas in one of the palpable right supraclavicular lymph nodes. Similar granulomas were also revealed in the excised tissue specimen of squamous cell carcinomas of her left cheek. She was also found to have bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy and chronic uveitis. Three years later, she died of colon adenocarcinoma and its liver metastasis.
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Matrix metalloproteinases-1 and -8 and TIMP-1 mRNA levels in normal and diseased human gingivae.
Interstitial collagenases, including matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and -8 (MMP-8), serve as initiators of extracellular matrix destruction in periodontal disease. Collagenase activities are mainly regulated by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). We tested the effects of inflammation on MMP-1 and MMP-8 gene expression in periodontal disease. To determine the relative abundance of these mRNAs in gingiva, we used a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. Gingival biopsies were divided into 2 groups; a control group and an inflamed group with severe gingivitis or periodontitis. The MMP-1 mRNA levels were significantly elevated in inflamed gingiva, while the levels of the MMP-8 transcript were not different in the 2 groups and barely detectable by RT-PCR assay. The expression of the TIMP-1 gene was not altered, and remained higher than any of these other genes in both control and diseased gingivae. These results suggest that MMP-1 rather than MMP-8 may play an important role in the initiation of collagen degradation in periodontal disease. However, the possibility remains that MMP-8 plays an important role in periodontal tissue destruction, since the mRNA abundance and not the enzyme activity was assessed.
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