Association of TNF-α gene promoter C-857T polymorphism with higher serum LDL cholesterol levels and carotid plaque formation in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-258

  Yamashina, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kaneko, Yoshihiro ^a   Maesawa, Chihaya ^a   Kajiwara, Takashi ^a   Ishii, Mototsugu ^a   Fujiwara, Fumikado ^a   Taneichi, Haruhito ^a   Takebe, Noriko ^a   Ishida, Wataru ^a   Takahashi, Kazuma ^a   Masuda, Tomoyuki ^a   Satoh, Jo ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Diabetes mellitus; Serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL C); TNF gene polymorphism; Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF )

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DNA; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33947674054     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.211.251     Document Type: Article

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