Association analysis of canonical Wnt signalling genes in diabetic nephropathy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kavanagh, David H ^a   Savage, David A ^b   Patterson, Christopher C ^a   McKnight, Amy Jayne ^a   Crean, John K ^c   Maxwell, Alexander P ^a   McKay, Gareth J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIN2 PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; UNITED STATES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UNITED STATES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 80051848854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023904     Document Type: Article

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