Title : Changes in fat mass after initiation of maintenance dialysis is influenced by the uncoupling protein 2 exon 8 insertion/deletion polymorphism.

Pub. Date : 2007 Jan

PMID : 16982633






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1 CONCLUSIONS: PD patients, but not HD patients, with the UCP2 del/del genotype showed a significant increase in total and truncal fat mass during the first year of dialysis therapy, suggesting a possible role for UCP2 in dissipating the excess energy of a high-glucose environment. Glucose uncoupling protein 2 Homo sapiens