Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kamata K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4196506 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis 20140709 3
<h4>Aims</h4>Islet amyloid is a hallmark in type 2 diabetic subjects, but its implication in clinical features and development of islet pathology is still unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>From 118 autopsy cases with type 2 diabetes, 26 cases with islet amyloid deposition (DA+) were selected. Twenty diabetic subjects without obvious amyloid deposition (DA-) matched for the age and diabetes duration and 20 non-diabetic subjects (ND) served for comparison. We examined the severity of amyloid deposition and ...[more]