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Association of Chinese medicine constitution susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy and transforming growth factor-β1 (T869C) gene polymorphism

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Abstract

Objective

To explore the association of Chinese medicine constitution susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy (DN) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 (T869C) gene polymorphism.

Methods

TGF-β1 gene polymorphism detected with polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was screened for 180 DN cases and 180 type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) cases without combined DN. Patients with DN were surveyed epidemiologically with constitution in the Chinese medicine questionnaire (CCMQ). Binary logistic regression analysis was utilized to study the correlation between nine types of Chinese medicine constitution and TGF-β1 (T869C) gene polymorphisms.

Results

The DN group has a higher frequency of TGF-β1 (T869C) gene polymorphism than the T2DM group, and CC/CT genotypes than the T2DM group [CC, CT, TT (DN group): 88, 87, 5 (cases) versus (T2DM group) 71, 73, 36 (cases), P<0.05]. The phlegm-dampness constitution, damp-heat constitution, and blood stasis constitution have correlations with TGF-β1 (T869C) gene polymorphism.

Conclusion

Chinese medicine constitutions were associated with TGF-β1 (T869C) gene polymorphism, a potential predictor of susceptibility to DN in T2DM patients.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology of Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, 310003, China

    Xin Mou  (牟 新), Dan-yang Zhou  (周旦阳), Ying-hui Liu  (刘颖慧), Yong-bin Hu  (胡永宾), Guo-ling Ma  (马国玲), Cheng-min Shou  (寿成珉) & Jia-wei Chen  (陈家炜)

  2. Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China

    Wen-hong Liu  (刘文洪)

  3. Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China

    Jin-xi Zhao  (赵进喜)

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30801467) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. Y2080683)

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Mou, X., Liu, Wh., Zhou, Dy. et al. Association of Chinese medicine constitution susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy and transforming growth factor-β1 (T869C) gene polymorphism. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 17, 680–684 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-011-0845-5

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