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Caffeine Consumption Contributes to Skin Intrinsic Fluorescence in Type 1 Diabetes.
Diabetes technology & therapeutics - 1 Oct 2015
Eny Karen M, Orchard Trevor J, Miller Rachel Grace, Maynard John, Grant Denis M, Costacou Tina, Cleary Patricia A, Braffett Barbara H, Paterson Andrew D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A variant (rs1495741) in the gene for the N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) protein is associated with skin intrinsic fluorescence (SIF), a noninvasive measure of advanced glycation end products and other fluorophores in the skin. Because NAT2 is involved in caffeine metabolism, we aimed to determine whether caffeine consumption is associated with SIF and whether rs1495741 is associated with SIF...
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