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Circulating methylarginine levels and the decline in renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease are modulated by DDAH1 polymorphisms.
Kidney international - 1 Mar 2010
Caplin Ben, Nitsch Dorothea, Gill Herpreet, Hoefield Richard, Blackwell Scott, MacKenzie Douglas, Cooper Jackie A, Middleton Rachel J, Talmud Philippa J, Veitch Peter, Norman Jill, Wheeler David C, Leiper James M
Abstract excerpt
In patients with chronic kidney disease, high plasma levels of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, asymmetric dimethylarginine, are thought to contribute to decline in renal function. Here we took a candidate gene approach to determine any causal role of asymmetric dimethylarginine in the progression of chronic kidney disease. The impact of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes encoding the two...
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