| Literature DB >> 12938014 |
Mojca Globočnik Petrovič1, Marko Hawlina1, Borut Peterlin2, Daniel Petrovič3.
Abstract
Platelets are thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. The BglII gene polymorphism of the alpha2beta1 integrin, which is a platelet collagen receptor, has been suggested as a genetic risk factor for diabetic retinopathy in Japanese subjects. The aim of this study was to look for a relationship between the BglII gene polymorphism of the alpha2beta1 integrin gene and the development of diabetic retinopathy in Caucasians with type 2 diabetes. Subjects with type 2 diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (n=163) were compared with diabetic subjects without diabetic retinopathy (n=95). A significantly higher frequency of the BglII (+/+) genotype of the gene polymorphism of the alpha2beta1 integrin gene was found in patients with diabetic retinopathy compared with patients without diabetic retinopathy (19.6% vs 7.4%; P=0.008). The present study demonstrates that the BglII (+/+) genotype of the gene polymorphism of the alpha2beta1 integrin gene is an independent risk factor (odds ratio: 2.4, 95% confidence interval 1.0-6.0; P<0.05) for diabetic retinopathy in Caucasians with type 2 diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12938014 DOI： 10.1007/s10038-003-0060-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hum Genet ISSN： 1434-5161 Impact factor: 3.172