metabolic syndrome and parotid gland

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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.