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The UCP1 -3826A/G polymorphism is associated with diabetic retinopathy and increased UCP1 and MnSOD2 gene expression in human retina.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 2012
Brondani Letícia A, de Souza Bianca M, Duarte Guilherme C K, Kliemann Lúcia M, Esteves Jorge F, Marcon Alexandre S, Gross Jorge L, Canani Luís H, Crispim Daisy
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PURPOSE: Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) reduces mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS overproduction is related to diabetic retinopathy (DR), a chronic complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). Therefore, deleterious polymorphisms in the UCP1 gene are candidate risk factors fo...
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