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SUBMITTER: Nithya K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852105 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nithya K K Angeline T T Isabel W W Asirvatham A J AJ
Genetics research international 20160417
Superoxide dismutase is an antioxidant enzyme that is involved in defence mechanisms against oxidative stress. Cu/Zn SOD is a variant that is located in exon3/intron3 boundary. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the Cu/Zn SOD (+35A/C) gene polymorphism is associated with the susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus among south Indian population. The study included patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (n = 100) and healthy controls (n = 75). DNA was isolated from the bloo ...[more]