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Association of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) promoter polymorphisms with plasma TNF-α levels and susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in North Indian population.
Journal of diabetes and its complications - 1 Apr 2015
Gupta Stuti, Mehndiratta Mohit, Kalra Sarathi, Kalra Om P, Shukla Rimi, Gambhir Jasvinder K
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The concept of diabetic nephropathy (DN) as a metabolic disease is now being replaced by chronic low-grade inflammatory disease. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is a proinflammatory cytokine which plays an important role in the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of DN. Therefore, this work was planned to evaluate the association of -863C/A (rs1800630) and -1031T/C (rs1799964) polymorphisms in TNF gene...
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