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What Is the Contribution of Two Genetic Variants Regulating VEGF Levels to Type 2 Diabetes Risk and to Microvascular Complications?

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key chemokine involved in tissue growth and organ repair processes, particularly angiogenesis. Elevated circulating VEGF levels are believed to play a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D) microvascular complications, especially diabetic retinopathy. Recently,...

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Autores principales: Bonnefond, Amélie, Saulnier, Pierre-Jean, Stathopoulou, Maria G., Grarup, Niels, Ndiaye, Ndeye Coumba, Roussel, Ronan, Nezhad, Mohsen Azimi, Dechaume, Aurélie, Lantieri, Olivier, Hercberg, Serge, Lauritzen, Torsten, Balkau, Beverley, El-Sayed Moustafa, Julia S., Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Froguel, Philippe, Charpentier, Guillaume, Marre, Michel, Hadjadj, Samy, Visvikis-Siest, Sophie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23405237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055921