The genetics of vascular complications in diabetes mellitus.

Cardiology Clinics
Dan Farbstein, A P Levy

Abstract

Prospective identification of which individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at greatest risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) complications would have considerable public health importance by allowing the allocation of limited resources to be focused on those individuals who would most benefit from aggressive intervention. Over the past 20 years genetic disease association studies have demonstrated that polymorphisms at specific genetic loci may identify those individuals at greatest risk for developing CVD in the setting of DM. This article reviews the evidence accumulated to date on four polymorphic loci with the aim of explaining how these polymorphisms modify the risk for CVD in DM by modifying the functional activity of a specific gene. Use of the knowledge of these genetic differences among individuals in targeting drug therapy (pharmacogenomics) is also discussed.

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Mar 5, 2011·Current Atherosclerosis Reports·Dan FarbsteinAndrew P Levy
Feb 4, 2012·Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers·Xiaohong ShiZe Yang
Mar 15, 2011·European Heart Journal·Jean-Baptiste MichelGerard Pasterkamp
Feb 24, 2015·Acta Diabetologica·Laura M RaffieldDonald W Bowden
Jun 16, 2015·Frontiers in Endocrinology·Ini-Isabée WitzelHabiba Alsafar
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