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Assessment of association between lipoxygenase genes variants in elderly Greek population and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes & vascular disease research - 1 Jul 2018
Tsekmekidou Xanthippi A, Kotsa Kalliopi D, Tsetsos Fotis S, Didangelos Triantafyllos P, Georgitsi Marianthi A, Roumeliotis Athanasios K, Panagoutsos Stylianos A, Thodis Elias D, Theodoridis Marios T, Papanas Nikolaos P, Papazoglou Dimitrios A, Pasadakis Ploumis S, Eustratios Maltezos S, Paschou Peristera I, Yovos John G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications. Arachidonic acid lipoxygenases have been intensively studied in their role in inflammation in metabolic pathways. Thus, we aimed to explore variants of lipoxygenase genes (arachidonate lipoxygenase genes) in a diabetes adult population using a case-control study design. METHODS: Study population consisted of 1285...
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