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The response of antioxidant genes to hyperglycemia is abnormal in patients with type 1 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2003
Hodgkinson Andrea D, Bartlett Tracey, Oates Peter J, Millward Beverley A, Demaine Andrew G
Abstract excerpt
Increased flux of glucose through the polyol pathway may cause generation of excess reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to tissue damage. Abnormalities in expression of enzymes that protect against oxidant damage may accentuate the oxidative injury. The expression of catalase (CAT), CuZn superoxide-dismutase (CuZnSOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), and Mn superoxide-dismutase (MnSOD) mRNA was quantified in...
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