Journal:
:iranian journal of basic medical sciences
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elham moasser transplant research center, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
negar azarpira transplant research center, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
babak shirazi department of pathology, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
mostafa saadat biology department, faculty of science, shiraz university, shiraz, iran
bita geramizadeh transplant research center, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
2 department of pathology, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
objective(s):to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the contributions of gst genetic variants to the risk of diabetic retinopathy in an iranian population. therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether sequence variation in glutathione s-transferase gene (gstm1 and gstt1) is associated with development of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2d...