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SUMO4 Met55Val polymorphism is associated with coronary heart disease in Japanese type 2 diabetes individuals.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Jul 2009
Shimada Takeshi, Furukawa Yasushi, Furuta Hiroto, Yasuda Kazuki, Matsuno Shohei, Kusuyama Akiko, Doi Asako, Nishi Masahiro, Sasaki Hideyuki, Sanke Tokio, Nanjo Kishio
Abstract excerpt
The Met55Val polymorphism in the small ubiquitin-like modifier 4 (SUMO4) gene has been associated with susceptibility not only to type 1 diabetes, but also to type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy. We tried to confirm the association with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and to investigate its role in diabetic vascular complications. The polymorphism was genotyped in two independent Japanese samples (Wakayama...
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