Importance of the Evaluation of Renal Function for the Prevention of Hypoglycemia in Elderly Diabetes Patients.

Objective: The Japan Diabetes Society and the Japan Gerontological Society Collaborative Committee recently released guidelines for the management of elderly diabetes patients. In these guidelines, patients are classified into categories I-III depending on age, cognitive function, activities of daily living (ADL), and presence or absence of multiple functional impairments. The target control value of HbA1c is set for each category.

Corrigendum to "A Liquid-Based Cytology System, without the Use of Cytocentrifugation, for Detection of Podocytes in Urine Samples of Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy".

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Glycemic Control After Kidney Transplantation Using Sensor-augmented Insulin Pump Therapy in a Patient with Slowly Progressive Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

Objective: Patients with advanced diabetic nephropathy benefit from kidney transplantation. We report a patient who showed improved glycemic control after kidney transplantation followed by sensor-augmented pump (SAP) therapy.

Methods: The patient was a 67-year-old man on hemodialysis for diabetic nephropathy associated with slowly-progressive type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Relation between Blood Pressure Management and Renal Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Aim: The renoprotective effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors is thought to be due, at least in part, to a decrease in blood pressure. The aim of this study was to determine the renal effects of these inhibitors in low blood pressure patients and the dependence of such effect on blood pressure management status.

Methods: The subjects of this retrospective study were 740 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease who had been managed at the clinical facilities of the Kanagawa Physicians Association.

A Liquid-Based Cytology System, without the Use of Cytocentrifugation, for Detection of Podocytes in Urine Samples of Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy.

Objective: Podocytes have highly differentiated functions and are extremely difficult to grow; thus, damage of podocytes is associated with glomerular dysfunction. Desquamated podocytes can be detected in urine of patients with severe renal impairment. Unlike the rapidly progressive glomerular damage in glomerulonephritis, only a few desquamated podocytes are usually detected in diabetic nephropathy (DN).

Detection of Autonomic Nervous System Abnormalities in Diabetic Patients by 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.

Objective: To determine the relationship between 24-hr blood pressure (BP) fluctuations and autonomic nervous system dysfunction in diabetic patients using non-invasive ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring (ABPM) system.

Methods: The subjects were 39 diabetic patients free of cardiovascular diseases. 24-hr BP was monitored by a non-invasive ABPM system.

Exercise Therapy for Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Superior Efficacy of Activity Monitors over Pedometers.

We compared the efficacy of activity monitor (which displays exercise intensity and number of steps) versus that of pedometer in exercise therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes. The study subjects were divided into the activity monitor group ( = 92) and pedometer group ( = 95). The primary goal was improvement in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).

Upregulation of α3β1-Integrin in Podocytes in Early-Stage Diabetic Nephropathy.

Background. Podocyte injury plays an important role in the onset and progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Downregulation of α3β1-integrin expression in podocytes is thought to be associated with podocyte detachment from the glomerular basement membrane, although the mechanisms remain obscure.