Association of Low-Grade Inflammation with Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Role of Elevated CRP-Levels and 2 Different Gene-Polymorphisms of Proinflammatory Cytokines

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BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammatory processes are thought to play a key role in the development of micro- and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. An association between low -grade inflammation and type 2 diabetes has been described in some studies. We assayed the association of two frequent polymorphisms in proinflammatory cytokines: the interleukin 6 G(-174)C promoter polymorphism...

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