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The A allele of the rs759853 single nucleotide polymorphism in the AKR1B1 gene confers risk for diabetic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes from a Brazilian population
OBJECTIVE: The AKR1B1 gene encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of glucose into sorbitol. Chronic hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) leads to increased AKR1B1 affinity for glucose and, consequently, sorbitol accumulation. Elevated sorbitol increases oxidative stress, whi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9991038/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35029856 http://dx.doi.org/10.20945/2359-3997000000432 |