DCD and type 1 diabetes mellitus: The computer assisted determination of the intensities in pixel units of the protein bands corresponding to dermcidin in the SDS polyacrylamide gels (white arrow in Fig. 5, Panel B) demonstrated that the intensity of dermcidin band which was 115 pixels before the application of SNP “pad” in the subjects with T1DM was found to be reduced to 47.0 pixels after the application of the SNP “pad” in the same subjects after 24 h (Fig. 5, Panel C).