The AT2 gene may have a gender-specific effect on kidney function and pulse pressure in type I diabetic patients

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1880-1884

  Pettersson Fernholm, K ^a,b   Frojdo S ^a,b   Fagerudd, J ^a,b   Thomas, M C ^c   Forsblom, C ^a,b   Wessman, M ^a,b   Groop, P H ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene; Diabetic nephropathy; Haplotypes; Polymorphism; Type I diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AT2 GENE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PULSE PRESSURE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VASODILATATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33646711448     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000348     Document Type: Article

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