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SUBMITTER: Ibrahim AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8093072 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ibrahim Asmaa Fathelbab AF Osman Asmaa Osama Bakr Seddik AOBS Elabbasy Lamiaa M LM Abdelsalam Mostafa M Wahab A M AM Zaki Maysaa El Sayed MES Abdel-Latif Radwa Ahmed Rabea RAR
International journal of nephrology 20210424
CX3CL1-CX3CR1 pathway may be one of the future treatment targets to delay the progression of end-stage renal diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the CX3CR gene polymorphism in Egyptian patients with ESRD and its relation to fractalkine blood level. The study included 100 patients with ESRD on dialysis, 61 males and 39 females with mean age 51.02 ± 7.8 years. The V2491 genotype revealed a significant increase in the frequency of GG genotype in healthy control (83%) compared to patients [69%] w ...[more]