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WORLD JOURNAL OF DIABETES
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 493-504Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v5.i4.493
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Type 2 diabetes; Cytokines; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Disease susceptibility; Association studies
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), UP Government, India
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), UP Government, India
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), UP Government, India
- Centre of Excellence (COE), UP Government, India
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Diabetes mellitus is a combined metabolic disorder which includes hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, stroke and several other complications. Various groups all over the world are relentlessly working out the possible role of a vast number of genes associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Inflammation is an important outcome of any kind of imbalance in the body and is therefore an indicator of several diseases, including T2DM. Various ethnic populations around the world show different levels of variations in single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The present review was undertaken to explore the association of cytokine gene polymorphisms with T2DM in populations of different ethnicities. This will lead to the understanding of the role of cytokine genes in T2DM risk and development. Association studies of genotypes of SNPs present in cytokine genes will help to identify risk haplotype(s) for disease susceptibility by developing prognostic markers and alter treatment strategies for T2DM and related complications. This will enable individuals at risk to take prior precautionary measures and avoid or delay the onset of the disease. Future challenges will be to understand the genotypic interactions between SNPs in one cytokine gene or several genes at different loci and study their association with T2DM. (C) 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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