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SUBMITTER: De Cosmo S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2939986 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Cosmo Salvatore S Minenna Antonio A Zhang Yuan-Yuan YY Thompson Ryan R Miscio Giuseppe G Vedovato Monica M Rauseo Anna A Saller Alois A Mastroianno Sandra S Pellegrini Fabio F Trevisan Roberto R Fioretto Paola P Doria Alessandro A Trischitta Vincenzo V
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 20081031 2
<h4>Background</h4>Insulin resistance has a role in diabetic kidney complications. The K121Q (lysine to glutamine substitution at amino acid 121, encoded by single-nucleotide polymorphism rs1044498) variant of the ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase gene (ENPP1) has been associated with insulin resistance and related vascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in many, although not all, studies. This study investigated whether the ENPP1 Q121 variant modulates the r ...[more]