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DIABETES CARE
Volume 34, Issue 11, Pages 2438-2441Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0969
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Institute on Aging (NIA) [1R01-AG-0287601-A2]
- Nil-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) [5R21-DK-084463-02]
- American Diabetes Association (ADA) [1-03-CR-23, 1-06-CR-25]
- NIH [1R01-AG-0287601-A2, NIH-NIA 4R37-AG-253705, IR43-AT-006088-01, R21-AT-005501, 4P30-AG-02871702, 1R43-NS-064640-01A2]
- NIH-NIA [1R01-AG-0287601-A2]
- ADA [1-06-CR-25]
- NIH-NEDDK [5R21-DK-084463-02]
- Ohio Department of Development
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
- Chelsea Therapeutics
- Langer Family Charitable Foundation
- Chirag Foundation Investment Trust
- Baker MSA (Multiple System Atrophy)
- Harvard Clinical and Translational Science [UL1-RR-025758]
- National Center for Research Resources [M01-RR-01032]
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OBJECTIVE-To investigate the effects of inflammation on perfusion regulation and brain volumes in type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-A total of 147 subjects (71 diabetic and 76 nondiabetic, aged 65.2 +/- 8 years) were studied using 3T anatomical and continuous arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging. Analysis focused on the relationship between serum soluble vascular and intercellular adhesion molecules (sVCAM and sICAM, respectively, both markers of endothelial integrity), regional vasoreactivity, and tissue volumes. RESULTS-Diabetic subjects had greater vasoconstriction reactivity, more atrophy, depression, and slower walking. Adhesion molecules were specifically related to gray matter atrophy (P = 0.04) and altered vasoreactivity (P = 0.03) in the diabetic and control groups. Regionally, sVCAM and sICAM were linked to exaggerated vasoconstriction, blunted vasodilatation, and increased cortical atrophy in the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes (P = 0.04-0.003). sICAM correlated with worse functionality. CONCLUSIONS-Diabetes is associated with cortical atrophy, vasoconstriction, and worse performance. Adhesion molecules, as markers of vascular health, have been indicated to contribute to altered vasoregulation and atrophy.
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