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Association of polymorphisms in monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 promoter with diabetic kidney failure in Korean patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Oct 2007
Moon Ju-young, Jeong Laeik, Lee Sangho, Jeong Kyunghwan, Lee Taewon, Ihm Chun-Gyoo, Suh Jungho, Kim Junghee, Jung Yoo-yeon, Chung Joo-Ho
Abstract excerpt
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is suggested to be involved in the progression of diabetic nephropathy. We investigated the association of the -2518 A/G polymorphism in the MCP-1 gene with progressive kidney failure in Korean patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). We investigated -2518 A/G polymorphism of the MCP-1 gene in type 2 DM patients with progressive kidney failure (n=112) compared with...
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