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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
The peripheral nerve is supplied by the vasa nervorum. The epi- and perineurial vessels are innervated by an autonomic plexus, which plays a role in regulation of the endoneurial blood flow. This innervation is decreased in diabetes and alcohol polyneuropathy and seems to precede the development of diabetic polyneuropathy. A decreased innervation may therefore play a role in the development of polyneuropathy. In peripheral arterial disease (PAD) clinical and morphological features are present, related to severity of ischemia. To investigate the innervation of the vasa nervorum in severe ischemia, we performed immunofluorescence staining with the general neural marker protein gene product (PGP) 9.5 in whole mount preparations of epineurial vessels of nine sural nerves taken from patients with legs amputated because of severe PAD (59+/-15 years, mean +/- SD) and ten age-matched controls (61+/-24 years). In patients with PAD the nerve density of the perivascular plexus was decreased in comparison with controls (mean intercept density/mm +/- SD) 26.0+/-6.9 in PAD and 39.9+/-10.7 in controls, area% 6.0+/-1.6 in PAD and 9.9+/-2.6 in controls, both P<0.01, t-test). A decreased perivascular plexus may result in a diminished regulation of the endoneurial blood flow in patients with severe PAD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0001-6322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
475-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Autonomic Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Peripheral Nerves, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Peripheral Vascular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Polyneuropathies, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Regional Blood Flow, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Sural Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Thiolester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Ubiquitin Thiolesterase, pubmed-meshheading:11935263-Vasa Nervorum
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative assessment of the innervation of epineurial arteries in the peripheral nerve by immunofluorescence: differences between controls and patients with peripheral arterial disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, G03.236, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article