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Uteroglobin gene polymorphisms affect the progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy by modulating the level of uteroglobin expression.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Jun 2001
Kim Y S, Kang D, Kwon D Y, Park W Y, Kim H, Lee D S, Lim C S, Han J S, Kim S, Lee J S
Abstract excerpt
Uteroglobin (UG) is an anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory protein. Targeted disruption of UG rendered mouse glomerulonephritis resembling immunoglobulin (Ig)A nephropathy (IgAN). Sequence analysis on exon 1 of UG showed several putative binding sites for transcription factors, and polymorphisms in this site might influence the expression level of UG as a competitive protein. We speculated that the single...
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