BACKGROUND: Glomerular podocyte number declines and urinary excretion of podocytes increases as kidney disease progresses in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: Using high-power electron microscopy, we quantified podocyte detachment in T2DM. RESULTS: We evaluated 106 glomeruli (range 1-6 per subject) from 40 Pima Indian subjects with T2DM enrolled in a clinical trial. On high-power electron micrographs, 35% of the subjects had no evidence of podocyte detachment. Among the remaining subjects, the median percentage of basement membrane with podocyte detachment was 0.62% (interquartile range = 0.32-1.52%). CONCLUSION: Podocyte detachment from the glomerular basement membrane has been described and measured in type 1 diabetes mellitus using a different method. We now document podocyte detachment microscopically and quantify it morphometrically in humans with T2DM. The findings offer quantitative histologic support to a potential mechanism for the functional impairment, and possibly the sclerosis of glomeruli, in diabetic glomerular injury.
BACKGROUND: Glomerular podocyte number declines and urinary excretion of podocytes increases as kidney disease progresses in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: Using high-power electron microscopy, we quantified podocyte detachment in T2DM. RESULTS: We evaluated 106 glomeruli (range 1-6 per subject) from 40 Pima Indian subjects with T2DM enrolled in a clinical trial. On high-power electron micrographs, 35% of the subjects had no evidence of podocyte detachment. Among the remaining subjects, the median percentage of basement membrane with podocyte detachment was 0.62% (interquartile range = 0.32-1.52%). CONCLUSION: Podocyte detachment from the glomerular basement membrane has been described and measured in type 1 diabetes mellitus using a different method. We now document podocyte detachment microscopically and quantify it morphometrically in humans with T2DM. The findings offer quantitative histologic support to a potential mechanism for the functional impairment, and possibly the sclerosis of glomeruli, in diabetic glomerular injury.
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