Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes reverses elevated MBL levels in association with MBL2 genotype and VEGF expression.

Roel BijkerkPieter van der PolMeriem KhairounDanielle J van Gijlswijk-JansenEllen LieversAiko P J de VriesEelco J de KoningHans W de FijterDave L RoelenRolf H A M VossenAnton Jan van ZonneveldCees van KootenMarlies E J Reinders

Published in: Diabetologia (2016)

Taken together, circulating MBL levels are associated with diabetic nephropathy and are dependent on glycaemic control, possibly in an MBL2-genotype-dependent manner.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
diabetic nephropathy
poor prognosis
type diabetes
vascular endothelial growth factor
binding protein
long non coding rna