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SUBMITTER: Choma DP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4773830 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choma David P DP Vanacore Roberto R Naylor Helen H Zimmerman Ian A IA Pavlichenko Andrei A Pavlichenko Artyom A Foye Liberty L Carbone David P DP Harris Raymond C RC Dikov Mikhail M MM Tchekneva Elena E EE
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 20151230 5
Kidney disease, a common complication of diabetes, associates with poor prognosis. Our previous animal model studies linked aquaporin (AQP)11 to acute kidney injury, hyperglycemia-induced renal impairment, and kidney disease in diabetes. Here, we report the AQP11 rs2276415 variant as a genetic factor placing type 2 diabetic patients at greater risk for the development of kidney disease. We performed two independent retrospective case-control studies in 1,075 diabetic and 1,619 nondiabetic indivi ...[more]