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Aquaporin 11 variant associates with kidney disease in type 2 diabetic patients.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Mar 2016
Choma David P, Vanacore Roberto, Naylor Helen, Zimmerman Ian A, Pavlichenko Andrei, Pavlichenko Artyom, Foye Liberty, Carbone David P, Harris Raymond C, Dikov Mikhail M, Tchekneva Elena E
Abstract excerpt
Kidney disease, a common complication of diabetes, associates with poor prognosis. Our previous animal model studies linked aquaporin (AQP)11 to acute kidney injury, hyperglycemia-induced renal impairment, and kidney disease in diabetes. Here, we report the AQP11 rs2276415 variant as a genetic factor placing type 2 diabetic patients at greater risk for the development of kidney disease. We performed two...
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