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Association of protein tyrosine phosphatase-N1 polymorphisms with coronary calcified plaque in the Diabetes Heart Study.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2006
Burdon Kathryn P, Bento Jennifer L, Langefeld Carl D, Campbell Joel K, Carr J Jeffery, Wagenknecht Lynne M, Herrington David M, Freedman Barry I, Rich Stephen S, Bowden Donald W
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and display increased levels of subclinical CVD. Genetic variation in PTPN1, a diabetes susceptibility gene, was investigated for a role in diabetic atherosclerosis. The PTPN1 gene encodes protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B, which is ubiquitously expressed and plays a role in the regulation of several signaling pathways....
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