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Cross-talk between body iron stores and diabetes: iron stores are associated with activity and microsatellite polymorphism of the heme oxygenase and type 2 diabetes.
Biological trace element research - 1 Nov 2011
Arredondo Miguel, Fuentes Marcela, Jorquera Denisse, Candia Valeria, Carrasco Elena, Leiva Elba, Mujica Verónica, Hertrampf Eva, Pérez Francisco
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To assess the relationship between the length of (GT)n repeats in HO-1 gene promoter and heme oxygenase (HO) enzymatic activity in mononuclear cells with iron (Fe) stores in type 2 diabetic mellitus (DM2) patients and metabolic syndrome (MS) subjects, we studied 163 patients with DM2, 185 with MS...
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