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Significance of the tissue kallikrein promoter and transforming growth factor-beta1 polymorphisms with renal progression in children with vesicoureteral reflux.
Kidney international - 1 Apr 2004
Lee-Chen Guey-Jen, Liu Kuo-Pao, Lai Yi-Chun, Juang Huei-Shiuan, Huang Shu-Yi, Lin Ching-Yuang
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BACKGROUND: Tissue kallikrein regulates blood circulation. Low urinary kallikrein excretion was associated with hypertension and renal disease in blacks. The polymorphic KLK1 promoter includes -130 GN coupled with multiple single base substitutions. The -130 G12 allele in the KLK1 promoter was associated with lower transcriptional activity and hypertensive end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in blacks. Transforming...
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