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Apolipoprotein M promoter polymorphisms alter promoter activity and confer the susceptibility to the development of type 1 diabetes.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Jan 2009
Wu Xiaopan, Niu Nifang, Brismar Kerstin, Zhu Xilin, Wang Xin, Efendic Suad, Du Te, Liu Yang, Gu Harvest F, Liu Ying
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Apolipoprotein M plays an important role in the formation of prebeta-HDL and cholesterol efflux to HDL. In the present study, we investigate the potential association between the ApoM promoter polymorphisms and type 1 diabetes. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study was conducted in Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Two populations, including 493 Han...
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