Article
Common variants of inflammatory cytokine genes are associated with risk of nephropathy in type 2 diabetes among Asian Indians.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
Ahluwalia Tarunveer Singh, Khullar Madhu, Ahuja Monica, Kohli Harbir Singh, Bhansali Anil, Mohan Viswanathan, Venkatesan Radha, Rai Taranjit Singh, Sud Kamal, Singal Pawan K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory cytokine genes have been proposed as good candidate genes for conferring susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy. In the present study, we examined the combined effect of multiple alleles of pro inflammatory cytokine genes for determining the risk of nephropathy in type 2...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
