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Association of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)2518A/G polymorphism with proliferative diabetic retinopathy in northern Chinese type 2 diabetes.
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie - 1 Dec 2014
Dong Li, Lv Xiao Ying, Wang Bin Jie, Wang Ye Qing, Mu Hua, Feng Zhuo Lei, Liu Ping
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BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) remains poorly understood. Recent studies have implicated that monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is associated with diabetic microvascular or macrovascular complications. However, the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)c.2518A/G -rs1024611 in the MCP-1 gene with diabetic retinopathy remains controversial. In the...
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