Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: The work was initiated to study TNF-α gene polymorphism and parameters of oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusMaterials and methods: We examined 41 healthy subjects and 20 patients with diabetes mellitus to study G308A (rs1800629) polymorphism in TNF-α gene by means of allele-specific PCR method (AS-PCR). Rates of lipid peroxidation (LP) were determined by concentration of malon dialdehyde (MDA); catalase activity was...