In the end stage of diabetes ( diabetic nephropathy or diabetic kidney
disease), some patients take kidney transplant for their own kidneys fail to
work. It really changed the condition and patients can feel better. However,
some years later, they find out that creatinine in serum rises again, which
makes them confused what to do next.
To solve this problem, firstly, let’s figure out the reason why diabetes
comes into being. The pathology of Diabetes type 1 is absolutely inadequate
secretion of insulin due to the damage to islet cells. The causes of it include
hereditary factor and environment factor which cause immune disorder. The
abormal immune response will cause damage to islet cells. In contrast, type 2
diabetes is caused by the relatively insufficiency of insulin secretion. No
matter which kind of diabetes, we should repair the damaged beta cells or
differentiate beta cells so that insulin can be secreted normally. Only after
insulin is enough, blood sugar can be transformed into energy, or else, there
will be high blood sugar, which will damage kidney if it lasts for a long time.
After kidney is damaged, creatinine will rise accordingly for filtrating
creatinine is the work of kidneys.
However, kidney transplant can not solve this problem. How to solve the
above-mentioned problem? Stem cells can solve this problem. Stem cells are the
most primary cells of the human body. After transfused into the patients' body,
these stem cells can differentiate into various functional cells needed. The
stem cells can differentiate into new islet cells and replace the dead ones,
thus recovering the islet function. T-reg cells can help regulate the immune
system and stop the attack to healthy islet cells, thus protecting the remaining
islet function.
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