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The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at an epidemic level, leading to a consequent increase of its chronic complications, including neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy constitutes a heterogeneous group of disorders with distinct clinical presentations and pathophysiological mechanisms. These distinct forms may be categorised according to their clinical presentation as symmetrical (distal symmetrical polyneuropathy, autonomic and acute sensory neuropathy) and focal or multifocal (radiculoplexus neuropathies, entrapment syndromes, cranial palsies and other mononeuropathies). Additionally, people with diabetes may have neuropathies due to causes other than diabetes. The commonest forms of diabetic neuropathy are distal symmetrical polyneuropathy and autonomic neuropathy. However, clinicians should be aware that people with diabetes may suffer from less common forms of neuropathy and should be able to recognise their symptoms and signs. The recognition of the rare diabetic neuropathies is crucial, as they often lead to different clinical outcomes and require different management. The aim of the present narrative, non-systematic review is to outline the rare types of diabetic neuropathies.
To estimate the incidence and prevalence of nephropathy and investigate whether high and fluctuating HbA
levels were associated with development of nephropathy among T1 diabetes individuals in Rwanda.

From 2009 to 2018, 471T1 diabetes individuals from Rwanda were assessed for nephropathy (albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR)≥30mg/g). We calculated the mean HbA
(HbA
-MEAN) and two measures of HbA
variability, i.e. A) intra-individual standard deviation (HbA
-SD), adjusted for HbA
assessments (HbA
-AdjSD) and coefficient of variation (HbA
-CV) and B) (number of HbA
variability measures>11mmol/mol between two measures/number of comparisons between measurements)*100. Stattic We followed individuals from first ACR-measurement (baseline) until nephropathy, death or last ACR-measurement (end-of-follow-up), and calculated HRs for developing nephropathy using Cox-regression.

The incidence and prevalence of nephropathy were 25% and 40%, respectively. All HbA
variability measures were associated with lower HRwas associated with lower HRs of nephropathy. This indicates that higher HbA1c levels rather than fluctuating HbA1c levels is a risk factor for developing nephropathy.
The aim of this study was to investigate allograft outcomes when relatively small kidneys were donated to patients with pre-transplant diabetes mellitus (DM).

From January 2010 to December 2018, 788 cases of non-sensitized living donor kidney transplant recipient and donor pairs were enrolled. The subjects were divided into four groups according to the relative size of kidney and pre-transplant DM status non-DM large kidney, non-DM small kidney, DM large kidney, and DM small kidney. We compared allograft outcomes between these four groups.

The four groups did not show differences in the development of de novo donor-specific antibody and acute rejection. However, a significantly greater decline of allograft function and increased proteinuria were observed in the DM small kidney group. The highest death-censored graft loss rate (P=0.008) was also observed in this group and the combination of relatively small kidney size and pre-transplant DM was an independent risk factor for death-censored graft loss. In addition, the relatively small kidney and pre-transplant DM showed significant interaction with each other.

The size mismatch between donated kidney volume and recipient body size should be considered in donor selection of patients with pre-transplant DM.
The size mismatch between donated kidney volume and recipient body size should be considered in donor selection of patients with pre-transplant DM.The Trypanosomatidae family encompasses many unicellular organisms responsible of several tropical diseases that affect humans and animals. Livestock tripanosomosis caused by Trypanosoma brucei brucei (T. brucei), Trypanosoma equiperdum (T. equiperdum) and Trypanosoma evansi (T. evansi), have a significant socio-economic impact and limit animal protein productivity throughout the intertropical zones of the world. Similarly, to all organisms, the maintenance of Ca2+ homeostasis is vital for these parasites, and the mechanism involved in the intracellular Ca2+ regulation have been widely described. However, the evidences related to the mechanisms responsible for the Ca2+ entry are scarce. Even more, to date the presence of a store-operated Ca2+ channel (SOC) has not been reported. Despite the apparent absence of Orai and STIM-like proteins in these parasites, in the present work we demonstrate the presence of a store-operated Ca2+-entry (SOCE) in T. equiperdum, using physiological techniques. This Ca2+-entry is induced by thapsigargin (TG) and 2,5-di-t-butyl-1,4-benzohydroquinone (BHQ), and inhibited by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2APB). Additionally, the use of bioinformatics techniques allowed us to identify putative transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, present in members of the Trypanozoon family, which would be possible candidates responsible for the SOCE described in the present work in T. equiperdum.Nature provides rich bionic resources for the construction of advanced materials with excellent mechanical properties. In this work, inspired by animal tendons, a bionic collagen fiber was developed using collagen liquid crystals as the pre-oriented bioink. The texture of liquid crystalline collagen observed from polarized optical microscopy (POM) showed the specific molecular pre-orientation. Meanwhile, the collagen spinning liquids exhibited a minimal rise in viscosity upon increasing concentration from 60 to 120 mg/mL, indicating the feasible processability. The collagen fiber, which was prepared via wet spinning without being denatured, exhibited the favorable orientation of fibrils along its axis as observed with FESEM and AFM. Thanks to the synergistic effects between pre-orientation and shearing orientation, the maximum tensile strength and Young's modulus of collagen fibers reached 9.98 cN/tex (219.29 ± 22.92 MPa) and 43.95 ± 1.11 cN/tex (966.20 ± 24.30 MPa), respectively, which were also analogous to those of tendon.
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