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CD36 gene variants and their association with type 2 diabetes in an Indian population.
Diabetes technology & therapeutics - 1 Aug 2013
Gautam Sunaina, Pirabu Loganathan, Agrawal Chandra G, Banerjee Monisha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial disease resulting from ineffective use of insulin in the body. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes for scavenger receptors such as CD36 have been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases in diabetes. The present study evaluated the effect of genetic polymorphisms of the CD36 gene on the risk of...
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