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Dear Colleagues!. We are glad to present the 6th Edition of Standards of Diabetes Care. These evidence-based guidelines were designed to standardize and facilitate diabetes care in all regions of the Russian Federation. The Standards are updated on the regular basis to incorporate new data and relevant recommendations from national and international clinical societies, including World Health Organization Guidelines (WHO, 2011), International Diabetes Federation (IDF, 2011), American Diabetes Association (ADA, 2013), American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE, 2009), International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD, 2009) and Russian Association of Endocrinologists (RAE, 2011, 2012). Current edition of the ?Standards? also integrates results of completed randomized clinical trials (ADVANCE, ACCORD, VADT, UKPDS, etc.), as well as findings from the national studies of diabetes mellitus (DM), conducted in close partnership with a number of Russian hospitals. Latest data indicates that prevalence of DM increased during the last decade more than two-fold, reaching some 371 million patients by 2013. According to the current estimation by the International Diabetes Federation, every tenth inhabitant of the planet will be suffering from DM by 2030. These observations resulted in the UN Resolution 61/225 passed on 20.12.2006 that encouraged all Member States ?to develop national policies for the prevention, treatment and care of diabetes?. Like many other countries, Russian Federation experiences a sharp rise in the prevalence of DM. According to Russian State Diabetes Register, there are at least 3.799 million patients with DM in this country. However, the epidemiological survey conducted by the Federal Endocrinology Research Centre during 2002-2010 suggests that actual prevalence is 3 to 4 times greater than the officially recognized and, by this estimate, amounts to 9-10 million persons, comprising 7% of the national population. . Severe consequences of the global pandemics of DM include its vascular complications: nephropathy, retinopathy, coronary, cerebral and peripheral vascular disease. These conditions are responsible for the majority of cases of diabetes-related disability and death. . Current edition of the ?Standards? emphasizes the patient-oriented approach in making decisions on therapeutic goals, such as levels of glycaemia and blood pressure. It also features updated guidelines on the management of vascular complications and new RAE position statement on gestational diabetes, produced in collaboration with Russian Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology. . This text represents a consensus by the absolute majority of national experts, achieved through a number of fruitful discussions held at national meetings and forums. These guidelines are intended for endocrinologists and diabetologists, primary care physicians, cardiologists and other medical professionals involved in prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Expansion of diabetic population (predominantly due to type 2 diabetes mellitus) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) comorbidityconstitutes one of the major challenges in modern medicine.Throughout the course of diabetes nephropathy development, from its debut to the terminal stage, survival rate and quality of life arelower than those of other categories of patients. This indicates crucial role of hyperglycemia in accelerated metabolic degradation typicalof CKD.Renal disease severely narrows the spectrum of available glucose-lowering agents. Concurrent treatment for hypertension and dyslipidemia,as well as anti-platelet therapy and stimulation of erythropoiesis becomes a complex issue. A creative and patient-orientedapproach with clear metabolic and cardiovascular goals should be instrumental in its solution.

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Дисфункция подоцитов играет ключевую роль в патогенезе протеинурии и гломерулосклероза. Однако механизмы, лежащие в основе дисфункции подоцитов при хронической патологии почек, не ясны. При проверке гипотезы, что после повреждения подоциты могут претерпевать эпителиальномезенхимальную трансформацию, установлено, что важным звеном в осуществлении этой трансформации может быть трансформирующий фактор роста бета-1, который стимулирует экспрессию Snail-основного фактора транскрипции, инициирующего эпителиально-мезенхимальное превращение. Кроме этого, in vivo в подоцитах при диабетической нефропатии обнаруживались такие маркеры мезенхимальной ткани как десмин, фибробласт специфический белок 1, матриксная металлопротеиназа 9.