Association of Levels of Mannose-Binding Lectin and the MBL2 Gene with Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy

Nana Zhang; Maoqiang Zhuang; Aixia Ma; Guochang Wang; Ping Cheng; Yajun Yang; Xiaofeng Wang; Juan Zhang; Xingdong Chen; Ming Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083059

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Association of Levels of Mannose-Binding Lectin and the MBL2 Gene with Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy

Nana Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nana Zhang, Maoqiang Zhuang

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
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Maoqiang Zhuang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nana Zhang, Maoqiang Zhuang

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
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Aixia Ma,

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
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Guochang Wang,

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
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Ping Cheng,

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
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Yajun Yang,

Affiliations MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, CMC Institute of Health Sciences, Taizhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Xiaofeng Wang,

Affiliations MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, CMC Institute of Health Sciences, Taizhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Juan Zhang,

Affiliation CMC Institute of Health Sciences, Taizhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Xingdong Chen,

Affiliations MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, CMC Institute of Health Sciences, Taizhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Ming Lu

* E-mail: lvming@sdu.edu.cn

Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China, MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, CMC Institute of Health Sciences, Taizhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Association of Levels of Mannose-Binding Lectin and the MBL2 Gene with Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy

Nana Zhang,
Maoqiang Zhuang,
Aixia Ma,
Guochang Wang,
Ping Cheng,
Yajun Yang,
Xiaofeng Wang,
Juan Zhang,
Xingdong Chen,
Ming Lu

Published: December 20, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083059

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