Association of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha gene polymorphism with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a Caucasian (Hungarian) sample

• Main Authors: Panczel Pal (Author), Hosszufalusi Nora (Author), Nemeth Nora (Author), Szekely Anna (Author), Somogyi Aniko (Author), Kereszturi Eva (Author), Kovacs-Nagy Reka (Author), Nagy Geza (Author), Ronai Zsolt (Author), Sasvari-Szekely Maria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) is a transcription factor that plays an important role in neo-vascularisation, embryonic pancreas beta-cell mass development, and beta cell protection. Recently a non synonymous single nucleo...