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Fol. Biol. 2012, 58, 121-127

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2012058030121

Genetic and Functional Analyses of MRAS and HNF1A Genes in Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy

Eva Horová1, M. Prázný1, K. Kaňková2, K. Brismar3, H. F. Gu3

1Third Department of Medicine – Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
3Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Received November 2011
Accepted March 2012

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