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Heat Shock Protein 70 Gene Polymorphism in Egyptian Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, with and without Nephropathy.
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia - 1 Jan 2000
Elshahed Osama Mohamady, Shaker Olfat Gamil
Abstract excerpt
Heat-shock proteins (HSPs) are a group of proteins that function to protect cells and tissues against different types of damage. The aim of this work was to study the relationship between the genetic variation in HSP70 genes and the risk for development of nephropathy in Egyptian patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). This study was carried out on 90 patients divided into three groups: 30 patients of Type 2...
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