根据一项最近发表于《Oncotarget》期刊的新研究,瑞典卡罗林斯卡学院(Karolinska Institutet)研究人员在2型糖尿病大鼠模型中识别出特定神经细胞中的改变。由于这些神经细胞对气味识别很重要,因此新的发现或许可以解释为什么2型糖尿病患者经常出现嗅觉问题,同时可能开启新的研究领域,为对抗2型糖尿病患者中的神经退行性疾病开发预防性疗法。众所周知的是,2型糖尿病患者经常遭受神经退行性疾病比如阿尔茨海默病的侵袭。这些神经退行性疾病的一个早期症状是气味识别能力 According to a new study recently published in Oncotarget, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified changes in specific nerve cells in a rat model of type 2 diabetes. Since these nerve cells are important for odor recognition, new findings may explain why people with type 2 diabetes frequently develop olfactory problems and may open up new fields of research to develop prophylactic responses to neurodegenerative diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes therapy. It is well known that patients with type 2 diabetes often suffer from the attack of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. An early symptom of these neurodegenerative diseases is odor recognition