Spontaneous platelet aggregation evaluated by laser light scatter in patients with type 2 diabetes: effects of short-term improved glycemic control and adiponectin.

Spontaneous platelet aggregation (SPA) is enhanced in patients with type 2 diabetes. Adiponectin may inhibit platelet aggregation. The aims of the current study were to identify factors associated with in vitro SPA measured by a laser light scattering method and to investigate the effects of short-term glycemic control and adiponectin on SPA.

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor levels in amniotic fluid before the onset of labor and during labor do not differ in normal pregnancies.

Problem: Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) at the implantation site may regulate invasion and differentiation of placental trophoblast. We evaluated whether GM-CSF levels in amniotic fluid during labor contributing to subsequent delivery differed from those before the onset of labor in normal pregnancies.

Method Of Study: This study enrolled 36 Japanese women experiencing normal pregnancies with single fetuses who had no infection.