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SIRT1 rs7069102 Polymorphism Confers Increased Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy in T2DM.
Genes - 10 Feb 2026
Bešić Melina, Letonja Jernej, Globočnik Petrovič Mojca, Peterlin Ana, Šuligoj Ema, Stare Stella, Petrovič Daniel
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BACKGROUND: The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been increasing worldwide recently. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major ocular complication of diabetes mellitus, and it is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT 1) is a NAD+-dependent deacetylase and is involved in stress responses such as hypoxic and genotoxic stress, inflammation and heat shock....
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