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Antiatherogenic mitochondrial genotype in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes care - 1 Mar 2001
Matsunaga H, Tanaka Y, Tanaka M, Gong J S, Zhang J, Nomiyama T, Ogawa O, Ogihara T, Yamada Y, Yagi K, Kawamori R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the significance of a longevity-associated mitochondrial genotype (Mt5178A) derived from a C --> A transversion at nucleotide position 5178 of mitochondrial DNA, which causes a Leu-to-Met substitution within the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene, in type 2 diabetic subjects...
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