Association of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha gene polymorphism with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a Caucasian (Hungarian) sample

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) is a transcription factor that plays an important role in neo-vascularisation, embryonic pancreas beta-cell mass development, and beta cell protection. Recently a non synonymous single nucleo...

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Main Authors: Panczel Pal, Hosszufalusi Nora, Nemeth Nora, Szekely Anna, Somogyi Aniko, Kereszturi Eva, Kovacs-Nagy Reka, Nagy Geza, Ronai Zsolt, Sasvari-Szekely Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/10/79