Gene expression profiling in ethnic Malays with type 2 diabetes mellitus, with and without diabetic nephropathy.

Conclusion: This study has identified several genes of interest, such as HLA-C, SLC16A3, SLC9A8, SLC12A1 and SLC7A2, that require verification of their roles as susceptibility genes for diabetic nephropathy in ethnic Malays with type 2 DM.
PMID: 21360476 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)