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Association of genetic polymorphisms of interleukins with new-onset diabetes after transplantation in renal transplantation.
Transplantation - 15 May 2012
Kim Yang Gyun, Ihm Chun-Gyoo, Lee Tae Won, Lee Sang Ho, Jeong Kyung Hwan, Moon Ju Young, Chung Joo-Ho, Kim Su Kang, Kim Yeong Hoon
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BACKGROUND: New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is a serious metabolic complication. Although β-cell dysfunction is considered the main contributing factor in the development of NODAT, the precise pathogenesis has not been identified. Although several cytokines have been suggested to be involved in the inflammation of islet beta cells in diabetes mellitus, only rarely have studies examined β-cell...
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