Cellular basis of diabetic nephropathy: IV Antioxidant enzyme mRNA expression levels in skin fibroblasts of type 1 diabetic sibling pairs
Author(s) -
M. L. Caramori,
Y. Kim,
Paola Fioretto,
Chengdong Huang,
Stephen S. Rich,
Michael E. Miller,
Greg Russell,
Michael Mauer
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl434
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic nephropathy , sibling , diabetes mellitus , nephropathy , endocrinology , type 1 diabetes , enzyme , antioxidant , messenger rna , biochemistry , gene , biology , psychology , developmental psychology
Blunted cultured skin fibroblast (SF) antioxidant enzyme responses to hyperglycaemia are associated with diabetic nephropathy risk. The present study explores whether this association is, at least in part, genetically determined.
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