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SOX2 has gender-specific genetic effects on diabetic nephropathy in samples from patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the GoKinD study.
Gender medicine - 1 Dec 2009
Gu Harvest F, Alvarsson Alexandra, Efendic Suad, Brismar Kerstin
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BACKGROUND: Sex-determining region Y-box 2 (SOX2) is a transcription factor that plays an important role in the induction of pluripotent stem cells from somatic cells. The SOX2 gene is located in chromosome 3q26.33, in the linkage region of diabetes and diabetic nephropathy (DN). Evidence indicates that SOX2 is expressed in the adult human pancreas. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated whether SOX2 is involved in...
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