Does diabetes mellitus predispose to increased fluid overload in peritoneal dialysis patients?
Diabetic and nondiabetic patients had similar PET results, 24-hour net peritoneal ultrafiltration and blood pressure control. The ratio of ECW to TBW was greater in diabetic patients, and although this could be due to a loss of intracellular water, as albumin and C-reactive protein did not differ, it suggests that diabetic peritoneal dialysis patients have an expanded extracellular volume.
It was concluded that MUC6 has a distinct tissue distribution pattern, different from that of MUC1-MUC5; MUC5AC and MUC6 are expressed by different cellular populations in normal stomach; and in this tissue, MUC5AC+ cells and MUC6+ cells show different patterns of Lewis antigen expression.