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Significant associations between CCL5 gene polymorphisms and post-transplantational diabetes mellitus in Korean renal allograft recipients.
American journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2010
Jeong Kyung-Hwan, Moon Joo-Young, Chung Joo-Ho, Kim Young-Hoon, Lee Tae-Won
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Post-transplantational diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a serious metabolic complication that may follow renal transplantation. The expression of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 (CCL5) is inversely related to pancreatic β-cell function; thus, specific CCL5 gene polymorphisms are considered to be risk factors for diabetes. In this study, we investigated the association between CCL5 gene polymorphisms and the...
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