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JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
卷 22, 期 3, 页码 182-190出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jns.12224
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Caspr; diabetes mellitus; diabetic neuropathy; neurofascin; node of Ranvier; skin biopsy
资金
- BMBF (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung)
Paranodal demyelination has been discussed as a potential mechanism of nerve fiber damage in diabetic neuropathy (DNP). Studies on human tissue are limited, as nerve biopsies are invasive and only rarely performed in patients with confirmed DNP. Skin biopsy has recently been suggested as a tool to analyze paranodal and nodal changes of myelinated fibers. We analyzed themyelinated fibers of skin biopsies of 35 patients with DNP, 17 patientswith diabetes mellitus (DM) without neuropathy, and 30 normal controls. Immunofluorescence of skin sections with antibodies against Caspr, neurofascin, sodium channels, andmyelin basic protein was performed to assess paranodal/nodal architecture, segmental demyelination, and myelinated nerve fibers. Staining with antibodies against protein gene product 9.5 was used to quantify unmyelinated nerve fibers. There was an increase of elongated Ranvier nodes and a dispersion of neurofascin at the distal leg in patients with DMwith and without neuropathy and at the finger in patients with DNP. An increased dispersion of Caspr was only found in biopsies of the finger in patients with DNP. Skin biopsy may be an appropriate tool to analyze nodes of Ranvier in patients with DM. Structural nodal changes are detectable in DNP and even in diabetic patients without neuropathy.
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