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A leucine repeat in the carnosinase gene CNDP1 is associated with diabetic end-stage renal disease in European Americans.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Apr 2007
Freedman Barry I, Hicks Pamela J, Sale Michele M, Pierson Eric D, Langefeld Carl D, Rich Stephen S, Xu Jianzhao, McDonough Caitrin, Janssen Bart, Yard Benito A, van der Woude Fokko J, Bowden Donald W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Four linkage analyses have identified a region on chromosome 18q22-23 that appears to harbour a diabetic nephropathy (DN) susceptibility locus. A trinucleotide repeat sequence in exon 2 of the carnosinase gene (CNDP1) residing on 18q22.3 was subsequently associated with DN in European Caucasians and Arabs. METHODS: We evaluated the role of the CNDP1 5 leucine/5 leucine (5-5) polymorphism (CNDP1...
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