Article
The functional -374 T/A RAGE gene polymorphism is associated with proteinuria and cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetic patients.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2003
Pettersson-Fernholm Kim, Forsblom Carol, Hudson Barry I, Perola Markus, Grant Peter J, Groop Per-Henrik
Abstract excerpt
The hyperglycemic milieu in diabetes results in the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that predominantly act through specific receptors, particularly the receptor for AGEs (RAGE). Two functional polymorphisms in the promoter of the RAGE gene (-429 T/C and -374 T/A) and one in the AGE binding domain in exon 3 (G82S) were studied in 996 Finnish type 1 diabetic patients. In patients with poor...
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