Abstract:
:Over a century ago, inquisitive physicians made remarkable discoveries regarding pancreatic pathology in individuals with diabetes, including those who were likely afflicted with the type 1 (autoimmune) form of the disease. Those studies of post-mortem tissues noted unique anatomical changes in islet architecture as well as the presence of unusual cellular infiltrates. In the time since, investigations of pancreatic pathology have, with near uniformity, been restricted to analysis of organs obtained post-mortem. While clearly beneficial for addressing questions of the disorder's pathogenesis, concern exists regarding potential artefacts that might occur through analysis of tissues that have been recovered hours, often many hours, following death. Beyond this, studies of tissues obtained long after the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes may not disclose important physiological events occurring at onset or even earlier in the natural history of disease, before symptomatic hyperglycaemia. To this end, Krogvold and colleagues (in this issue of Diabetologia, doi: 10.1007/s00125-013-3155-y) undertook a potentially high-reward strategy involving pancreatic biopsy in living adults with recent-onset type 1 diabetes. Procedures were performed under informed consent, undertaken based on recent improvements in laparoscopic techniques, and carried out by individuals with considerable surgical experience. These efforts were terminated for ethical reasons following the occurrence of serious complications (including post-operative bleeding and pancreatic leakage). The experience lends itself to analogy with the Greek myth of Pandora's box where curiosity, in terms of a desire to see what resided inside a closed container, unleashed a series of ills on humans once the container was opened. In considering the moral of that myth, one must question whether the secrets of the pancreas in those living with type 1 diabetes should, for now, remain a mystery as the process of manipulating that organ for the purpose of curiosity does not occur without harm.
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Atkinson MAdoi
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2014-04-01 00:00:00pages
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