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M Funabashi

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PubMed1983

Variations of 1-deoxyglucose(1,5-anhydroglucitol) content in plasma from patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

The concentration of 1-deoxyglucose(1,5-anhydroglucitol) in plasma from patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus was measured by gas-liquid chromatography with an all-glass capillary column. Twenty-one plasma samples were obtained from 21 patients before insulin therapy, and 34 more from 13 patients receiving insulin therapy. 1-Deoxyglucose was generally not detectable in plasmas of diabetic patients before they received insulin; it was measurable in the patients who had received insulin, although its concentration was low compared with that of healthy subjects. We therefore suggest that the absence of 1-deoxyglucose in plasma is one of the markers of metabolic states of diabetes, perhaps reflecting a disturbed function of carbohydrate metabolism; its presence in plasma within a normal range may reflect the better control of diabetic patients.

Blood Glucose↗
PubMed1982

Identification and metabolic implication of 1-deoxyglucose (1,5-anhydroglucitol) in human plasma.

1-Deoxyglucose (1,5-anhydroglucitol), a metabolite related to diabetes mellitus, was identified in human plasma by gas-liquid chromatography and by gas-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Plasma polyols were accurately determined with a gas-liquid chromatograph equipped with an all-glass capillary column. The plasma content of 1-deoxyglucose in healthy persons varies with age. Although the precise physiological role of 1-deoxyglucose remains obscure, the method described here for determining the minor polyol components of plasma, as well as the findings of 1-deoxyglucose in the plasma of healthy subjects, may be useful for investigating the metabolic roles of 1-deoxyglucose.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Serum glycylproline p-nitroanilidase activity in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Glycylproline p-nitroanilidase activity in serum of patients with advanced rheumatoid arthritis or with systemic lupus erythematosus but with normal hepatic function was found to be significantly lower than that of normal adult controls. Decrease of this enzyme's serum activity was more pronounced in systemic lupus erythematosus. A significant inverse correlation was observed between the enzyme activity and the duration of rheumatoid arthritis.

Arthritis, Rheumatoid↗
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An experience for ELISA for desmoglein 1, suggesting a possible diagnostic help to determine the initial therapy for pemphigus foliaceus.

Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is an autoimmune skin disease in which loss of adhesion between keratinocytes (i.e., acantholysis) in the granular cell layers appears to be mediated by the binding of autoantibodies against desmoglein (Dsg) 1. Although it has been suggested that the activity of the disease is rather correlated with the titer of the antibody, there are still no precise studies on the relationships between the disease activity and the titers of autoantibody against Dsg1 by using ELISA. In this study, we performed ELISA using recombinant Dsg1 (rDsg1) as antigen on 8 patients with pemphigus foliaceus in order to examine the reliability of this test for monitoring disease severity. The resultant index values of ELISA, which were defined by the formula: (OD of tested serum - OD of negative control)/(OD of positive control - OD of negative control) X 100, ranged from 16 to 264 compared with 6.41 of cutoff index value for normal sera. A patient with an index value of 213 had severe widespread erosions with erythema and required pulse therapy of methylpredonisolone (1,000 mg/day for 3 days). A patient with an index value of 111 had a moderate severity and was successfully treated with an initial dose of 30 mg/day (0.64 mg/kg) of predonisolone. The mildest patient with an index value of 16 was controlled with only topical application of 0.05% betamethasone ointment twice a day. These results suggest that ELISA index values for rDsg1 will provide a promising tool for monitoring the disease severity and for determining the initial therapy for pemphigus foliaceus.

Adult↗
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Papular mucinosis associated with scleroderma.

A 49-year-old Japanese woman had been suffering from limited cutaneous scleroderma with papular mucinosis. Papular mucinosis was characterized by multiple, asymptomatic, elevated, skin-colored papules on the dorsal regions of the hands. Histopathological findings of the hard papules showed a marked deposition of hyaluronic acid along sclerosis in the middle and the lower parts of dermis. Serological studies revealed a positive antinuclear antibody (speckled type). Intravenous administration of prostaglandin E1 derivatives reduced the size of the papules, the degree of sclerodactyly and the severity of her Raynaud's phenomenon. These observations suggest that manifestations of scleroderma could be found in some cases of papular mucinosis.

Alprostadil↗