Association of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) promoter polymorphisms with plasma TNF-alpha levels and susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in North Indian population.
AIM: The concept of diabetic nephropathy (DN) as a metabolic disease is now being replaced by chronic low-grade inflammatory disease. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a proinflammatory cytokine which plays an important role in the pathogenesis a..... Read More