Osteoprotegerin gene polymorphism in diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy

• Published in: Diabetic medicine Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 771 - 775
• Main Authors: Korzon-Burakowska, A., Jakóbkiewicz-Banecka, J., Fiedosiuk, A., Petrova, N., Koblik, T., Gabig-Cimińska, M., Edmonds, M., Małecki, M. T., Węgrzyn, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2012; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Arthropathy, Neurogenic - blood; Arthropathy, Neurogenic - epidemiology; Arthropathy, Neurogenic - genetics; Biological and medical sciences; Charcot neuroarthropathy; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - genetics; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - genetics; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; diabetic foot; Diabetic Neuropathies - blood; Diabetic Neuropathies - epidemiology; Diabetic Neuropathies - genetics; diabetic neuropathy; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genotype; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Osteoprotegerin - blood; Osteoprotegerin - genetics; osteoprotegerin gene; Poland - epidemiology; polymorphism; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Poland; Endocrinopathy; Human; Obesity; Skin disease; Nervous system diseases; Nutrition; Diabetic Foot; Charcot neuroarthropathy; diabetic neuropathy; Diabetes mellitus; Nutrition disorder; osteoprotegerin gene; Metabolic diseases; Neuropathy; Osteoprotegerin; Gene; Disease of the foot; Genetics; Endocrinology; Nutritional status; Polymorphism

Diabet. Med. 29, 771–775 (2012) Aims  Recently, an association between two polymorphisms (1181G>C and 245T>G) of the osteoprotegerin (OPG) gene and diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy was suggested on the basis of studies of a limited number of samples derived from subjects from one geographical...