Taurine Transporter Gene Expression in Mononuclear Blood Cells of Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Table 2

Correlation coefficients between TauT mRNA expression in MPCs of controls or type 1 diabetic patients and plasma glucose and markers of endothelial function or oxidative stress.

	Controls		Type 1 diabetic patients
Plasma glucose	0.27	NS	0.22	NS
Plasma taurine	0.25	NS	−0.29	NS
Cell taurine	0.24	NS	−0.03	NS
Plasma arginine	−0.11	NS	−0.23	NS
Plasma homocysteine	−0.14	NS	−0.39	0.02
Asymmetric dimethylarginine	−0.14	NS	0.31	NS
Symmetric dimethylarginine	−0.04	NS	0.30	NS
Plasma malonyldialdehyde	−0.03	NS	−0.23	NS
Cellular carbonyls	−0.03	NS	−0.06	NS

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