Article
Association between LXR-α and ABCA1 Gene Polymorphisms and the Risk of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Chinese Han Population.
Journal of diabetes research - 1 Jan 2020
Liu Peng, Ma Liang, Zhao Hailing, Shen Zhengri, Zhou Xuefeng, Yan Meihua, Zhao Tingting, Zhang Haojun, Qiu Xinping, Li Ping
Abstract excerpt
We designed a case-control study and selected LXR-α rs7120118 C>T and ABCA1 rs2230806 A>G polymorphisms to determine the correlation between these polymorphisms and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) susceptibility in a Chinese Han population. Three hundred DKD patients and 346 type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients without kidney disease were recruited. Our results showed that rs7120118 was associated with DKD...
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