K Nakajima, Y Tanaka, T Nomiyama, T Ogihara, L Piao, … - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc Glomerular infiltration of monocytes/macrophages occurs in diabetic patients with
nephropathy, and chemokine receptor signals are thought to play a key role in the development
of nephropathy. Recently, polymorphism of the chemokine receptor (CCR)2 coding ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
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frequency of the −28G allele was significantly higher in the DN2 group (urinary
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A Mokubo, Y Tanaka, K Nakajima, H Watada, T … - Diabetes research and …, 2006 - Elsevier We previously showed that polymorphisms of the promoter area of chemokine receptor 5
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P Prasad, AK Tiwari, KM Kumar, AC Ammini, A … - BMC Medical …, 2007 - biomedcentral.com Cytokines play an important role in the development of diabetic chronic renal insufficiency
(CRI). Transforming growth factor β1 (TGF β1) induces renal hypertrophy and fibrosis, and cytokines
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