The UCP1 -3826A/G polymorphism is associated with diabetic retinopathy and increased UCP1 and MnSOD2 gene expression in human retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7449-7457

  Brondani, Letícia A ^a,b   de Souza, Bianca M ^a,b   Duarte, Guilherme C K ^a   Kliemann, Lúcia M ^a   Esteves, Jorge F ^b   Marcon, Alexandre S ^c   Gross, Jorge L ^a,b   Canani, Luís H ^a,b   Crispim, Daisy ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Dermatology Service Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre Hospital Complex   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALLELES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84868311036     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10660     Document Type: Article

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