A pilot study suggests that the G/G genotype of resistin single nucleotide polymorphism at -420 may be an independent predictor of a reduction in fasting plasma glucose and insulin resistance by pioglitazone in type 2 diabetes.

The aim of this study was to determine the relation between the G/G genotype of a resistin gene promoter single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at -420 (rs1862513) and glycemic control by pioglitazone in type 2 diabetes. In Study 1, 121 type 2 diabetic patients were treated with pioglitazone (15 or 30 mg/day) for 12 weeks, in addition to previous medication. In Study 2, 63 patients who had been treated with pioglitazone for 12 weeks were examined retrospectively.

Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody, IA-2 antibody, and fasting C-peptide levels predict beta cell failure in patients with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)--a 5-year follow-up of the Ehime study.

Objective: To clarify the natural course and factors involved in beta cell failure in Japanese latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) patients.

Research Design And Methods: Insulin secretion in 57 LADA patients identified from among 4980 adult-onset diabetic patients in a hospital-based Ehime study were examined over a 5-year period. Postprandial serum C-peptide levels below 0.

Differences in the contribution of HLA-DR and -DQ haplotypes to susceptibility to adult- and childhood-onset type 1 diabetes in Japanese patients.

To clarify heterogeneity in Japanese adult-onset type 1 diabetes, we analyzed the HLA-DR and -DQ haplotypes, depending on the clinical phenotype, and compared them with those in childhood-onset type 1 diabetes (CO). The patients in a previously reported Ehime Study were divided into subgroups by the mode of onset of diabetes: 68 acute-onset type 1 diabetic patients (AO) and 28 slowly progressive type 1 diabetic patients (SO). HLA haplotypes were compared with those of 80 CO patients and 190 control subjects.

Clinical, autoimmune, and genetic characteristics of adult-onset diabetic patients with GAD autoantibodies in Japan (Ehime Study).

Objective: To characterize the clinical, autoimmune, and genetic features in Japanese adult-onset diabetic patients with GAD autoantibodies.

Research Design And Methods: GAD autoantibodies (GADab) were screened in 4,980 diabetic patients with age of onset >20 years in the hospital-based Ehime Study, and the GADab-positive (GADab(+)) patients were then divided into two groups according to their insulin secretion and compared with nondiabetic subjects. The insulin-deficient state was defined as <0.