Increased Subclinical Coronary Artery Pathology in Type 2 Diabetes With Albuminuria.

Diabetes affects the kidneys, and the presence of albuminuria reflects widespread vascular damage and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Still, the pathophysiological association between albuminuria and CVD remains incompletely understood. Recent advances in noninvasive imaging enable functional assessment of coronary artery pathology and present an opportunity to explore the association between albuminuria and CVD.

Kidney oxygenation, perfusion and blood flow in people with and without type 1 diabetes.

Background: We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study kidney energetics in persons with and without type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 15 persons with T1D and albuminuria and 15 non-diabetic controls (CONs) underwent multiparametric MRI (3 Tesla Philips Scanner) to quantify renal cortical and medullary oxygenation (R*, higher values correspond to higher deoxyhaemoglobin concentration), renal perfusion (arterial spin labelling) and renal artery blood flow (phase contrast). Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, systolic blood pressure, plasma haemoglobin, body mass index and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).

Increased mitochondrial proton leak and glycolysis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in type-1-diabetes.

Changes in cellular bioenergetics such as mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis may play a role in the pathogenesis of various diseases including type 1 diabetes (T1D). We used Seahorse extracellular flux technology to analyse the efficiency of glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) obtained from fresh blood samples from fifteen long-term T1D individuals with albuminuria (five females) with an average (±SD) age of 58 (±14) years and 15 age and sex-matched healthy non-diabetic controls. In T1D PBMCs, mitochondrial proton leak was higher (T1D: 21,3 ± 1,46 pmol/min; controls: 17,3 ± 1,24 pmol/min; = 0,049) and glucose (5 mM) suppressed mitochondrial proton leak more than in healthy controls.

Chicken IgY reduces the risk of urinary tract infections in a murine model.

Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) with are a severe problem in disposed patients in modern healthcare. establishes recalcitrant biofilm infections and can develop antibiotic resistance. Gargling with avian egg yolk anti- antibodies (IgY) has shown clinical effect in preventing onset of chronic lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).

In vivo molecular imaging of cardiac angiogenesis in persons with and without type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional Ga-RGD-PET study.

Aims: To assess cardiac angiogenesis in type 2 diabetes by positron emission tomography (PET) tracer [ Ga]Ga-NODAGA-E[(cRGDyK)] ( Ga-RGD) imaging.

Methods: Cross-sectional study including 20 persons with type 2 diabetes and 10 non-diabetic controls (CONs). Primary prespecified outcome was difference in cardiac angiogenesis (cardiac Ga-RGD mean target-to-background ratio [TBR ]) between type 2 diabetes and CONs.

Acute effects of dapagliflozin on renal oxygenation and perfusion in type 1 diabetes with albuminuria: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial.

Background: Inhibitors of the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease, possibly by reducing the proximal tubule transport workload with subsequent improvement of renal oxygenation. We aimed to test this hypothesis in individuals with type 1 diabetes and albuminuria.

Methods: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial with a single 50 mg dose of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin and placebo in random order, separated by a two-week washout period.

A case report of polymicrobial bacteremia with and comparison of previous treatment for successful recovery with a review of the literature.

is a Gram-positive coccus and a commensal bacterium of the human gastrointestinal tract with a potential to cause invasive infections. We report the presence of in the blood of a 25-year-old male patient with Crohn's disease, short bowel syndrome treated with home parenteral nutrition, and a history of recurrent bloodstream infections, admitted to our hospital with fever and malaise. A polymicrobial culture of and was identified from blood, for which treatment with meropenem and metronidazole was initiated.