Has The Diabetes Connection To Circulatory ProblemsBeen Found?
> > Has The Diabetes Connection To Circulatory ProblemsBeen Found? > > >> Scientists believe they have uncovered the link between diabetes and >> circulatory problems which causes thousands of Britons to need a limb >> amputation each year. >> A protein in cells could be responsible for leg ulcers and gangrene in >> diabetics, which lead to their needing amputation, they said. >> Experts from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) said the study could pave >> the way for a new drug to cut down the risks. About 5,000 diabetics a >> year >> in the UK - or 100 a week - have a limb amputated. >> Experts carried out experiments on mice and found that a protein called >> p75NTR was present in the cells of diabetics but not in the cells of >> healthy >> mice. >> When they stopped the protein working in diabetic cells, they found that >> circulation to the lower limbs improved. But when the protein was >> introduced >> into cells, circulation worsened, suggesting the important role played by >> the protein. >> Jeremy Pearson, associate medical director at the British Heart >> Foundation >> (BHF), which funded the study, said: "The researchers have found that >> there >> is an increased expression of this protein in the cells of diabetics. The >> problem with diabetics is that they get all sorts of circulation problems >> and can suffer things like gangrene in their toes. People have never >> understood before exactly why this is." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
