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Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have elevated levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 that are not influenced by the -2518 A-->G promoter polymorphism.
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism - 1 Sept 2005
Zietz B, Büchler C, Herfarth H, Müller-Ladner U, Spiegel D, Schölmerich J, Schäffler A
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AIM: To investigate the association of serum levels and the -2518 A-->G promoter polymorphism of the gene for chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), a major chemoattractant of monocytes and activated lymphocytes, with metabolic parameters as well as insulin, leptin and the cytokines tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in 534 Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes...
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