Opening a window to skin biomarkers for diabetes stage with optoacoustic mesoscopy

Hailong He; Nikolina-Alexia Fasoula; Angelos Karlas; Murad Omar; Juan Aguirre; Jessica Lutz; Michael Kallmayer; Martin Füchtenbusch; Hans-Henning Eckstein; Annette Ziegler; Vasilis Ntziachristos

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Opening a window to skin biomarkers for diabetes stage with optoacoustic mesoscopy

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- Opening a window to skin biomarkers for diabetes stage with optoacoustic mesoscopy
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 11, Pages: 2335-2349(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
  2.Chair of Biological Imaging at the Central Institute for Translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  3.Department for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
  4.DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
  5.Diabetes Center at Marienplatz, Munich, Germany
  6.Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
  7.Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Author bio：
  
  Vasilis Ntziachristos (bioimaging.translatum@tum.de)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01275-3
  CLC：
- Published：30 November 2023，
  
  Published Online：18 September 2023，
  
  Received：15 February 2023，
  
  Revised：10 August 2023，
  
  Accepted：28 August 2023
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He, H. L. et al. Opening a window to skin biomarkers for diabetes stage with optoacoustic mesoscopy. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 2335-2349 (2023).
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He, H. L. et al. Opening a window to skin biomarkers for diabetes stage with optoacoustic mesoscopy. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 2335-2349 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01275-3.

摘要

Abstract

Being the largest and most accessible organ of the human body

the skin could offer a window to diabetes-related complications on the microvasculature. However

skin microvasculature is typically assessed by histological analysis

which is not suited for applications to large populations or longitudinal studies. We introduce ultra-wideband raster-scan optoacoustic mesoscopy (RSOM) for precise

non-invasive assessment of diabetes-related changes in the dermal microvasculature and skin micro-anatomy

resolved with unprecedented sensitivity and detail without the need for contrast agents. Providing unique imaging contrast

we explored a possible role for RSOM as an investigational tool in diabetes healthcare and offer the first comprehensive study investigating the relationship between different diabetes complications and microvascular features in vivo. We applied RSOM to scan the pretibial area of 95 participants with diabetes mellitus and 48 age-matched volunteers without diabetes

grouped according to disease complications

and extracted six label-free optoacoustic biomarkers of human skin

including dermal microvasculature density and epidermal parameters

based on a novel image-processing pipeline. We then correlated these biomarkers to disease severity and found statistically significant effects on microvasculature parameters as a function of diabetes complications. We discuss how label-free RSOM biomarkers can lead to a quantitative assessment of the systemic effects of diabetes and its complications

complementing the qualitative assessment allowed by current clinical metrics

possibly leading to a precise scoring system that captures the gradual evolution of the disease.

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