@article{
author = "Andjelic, Jelic M. and Radojković, Dragica and Nikolić, Aleksandra and Rakićević, Ljiljana and Babić, Tamara and Jelic, D. and Lalic, N. M.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "AbstractVascular complications are the leading cause of increased morbidity and mortality of diabetic patients. It has been postulated that matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9, zinc-dependent endopeptidases through remodeling of the extracellular matrix, can contribute to the onset and progression of diabetic vascular complications. The aim of our study was to assess whether there is a major difference in single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MMP-2 (at position -1306C˃T) and MMP-9 (at position -1562C˃T) gene in type 2 diabetic patients and healthy controls and to determine whether there is an association of these gene variants with the presence of microvascular complications in diabetic patients. Our study included 102 type 2 diabetes patients and a control group which was comprised of 56 healthy controls. All diabetic patients were screened for microvascular diabetes complications. Genotypes were detected by polymerase chain reactions followed by restriction analyses with specific endonucleases and their frequencies were determined. The MMP-2 variant -1306C>T showed a negative correlation with type 2 diabetes (p=0.028). It was also shown that the presence of the -1306C allele increases the probability of developing type 2 diabetes. This was a 2.2 fold increase and that the -1306 T allele has a protective role in regards to",
publisher = "Sciendo",
journal = "Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics, Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics",
title = "Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and-9 (MMP-9) gene variants and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes patients",
pages = "40-35",
number = "1",
volume = "25",
doi = "10.2478/bjmg-2022-0001"
}