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Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase in diabetes associated with mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation at position 3243.
Diabetes care - 1 Dec 1996
Suzuki Y, Muramatsu T, Taniyama M, Atsumi Y, Suematsu M, Kawaguchi R, Higuchi S, Asahina T, Murata C, Handa M, Matsuoka K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain why alcohol is prone to manifest unpleasant effects in diabetes associated with mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR) mutation at position 3243 (DM-Mt3243), we investigated the genotype of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 2 and alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (ADH2) in DM-Mt3243. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Nineteen unrelated patients with DM-Mt3243 were included in the study (12 men and 7 women). They were...
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