metabolic syndrome and parotid gland

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21791825
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Pathobiological dentistry/Dental radiology
Research Institution	Nagasaki University
Principal Investigator	TAKAGI Yukinori Nagasaki University, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 助教 (30295084)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	メタボリック症候群 / 耳下腺 / 脂質異常症 / MRI / US / シェーグレン症候群
Research Abstract	MR imaging and ultrasonographic findings that suggested extensive lipid infiltration in parotid gland as well as liver were seen in patients with dyslipidemia among metabolic syndrome. Especially, these findings were many seen in patients with low levels of plasma HDL cholesterol, and this cholesterol has a role to return extra cholesterol which were not able to be used up by each part of body to liver.