TCF7L2 Variation and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.
AuthorsLuo J, Zhao L, Chen AY, Zhang X, Zhu J, Zhao J, Ouyang H, Luo H, Song Y, Lee J, Patel SH, Shaw PX, Sadda S, Zhuo Y, Rosenfeld MG, Zhang K,
JournalDiabetes
PubMed ID23434931
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the most severe vision-threatening complication of diabetes. For investigation of genetic association between TCF7L2 and PDR in Caucasian type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its functional consequences, 383 T2DM patients with PDR (T2DM-PDR) and 756 T2DM patients without diabetic retinopathy (T2DM-no DR) were genotyped with ... More