Zexu Dang, Davide Maselli, Gaia Spinetti, Elena Sangalli, Franco Carnelli, Francesco Rosa, Elena Seganfreddo, Fabio Canal, Anna Furlan, Agostino Paccagnella, Emanuela Paiola, Bruno Lorusso, Claudia Specchia, Mattia Albiero, Roberta Cappellari, Angelo Avogaro, Angela Falco, Federico Quaini, Kepeng Ou, Iker Rodriguez-Arabaolaza, Costanza Emanueli, Maria Sambataro, Gian Paolo Fadini, Paolo Madeddu
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Upon tissue injury, peripheral sensory neurons release nociceptive factors (e.g. substance P [SP]), which exert local and systemic actions including the recruitment of bone marrow (BM)-derived haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) endowed with paracrine pro-angiogenic properties. We herein explore whether diabetic neuropathy interferes with these phenomena. METHODS: We first investigated the presence of sensory neuropathy in the BM of patients with type 2 diabetes by immunohistochemistry and morphometry analyses of nerve size and density and assessment of SP release by ELISA...
November 2015: Diabetologia