Diabetic nephropathy is not associated with the dinucleotide repeat polymorphism upstream of the aldose reductase (ALR2) gene but with erythrocyte aldose reductase content in Japanese subjects with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes. 1999 Feb;48(2):420-2. doi: 10.2337/diabetes.48.2.420.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aldehyde Reductase / blood*
  • Aldehyde Reductase / genetics*
  • Asian People / genetics
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / ethnology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / genetics*
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / genetics*
  • Dinucleotide Repeats / genetics*
  • Erythrocytes / enzymology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Genetic / genetics*

Substances

  • Aldehyde Reductase