Assessment of melatonin level and genetic aspect of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Thi-Qar province, Iraq

Abstract

The present study was designed to assessment of melatonin level and genetic aspects of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Thi-Qar province, Iraq. The sample includes 80 patients compared with 40 as control group. The results showed a significant increase in levels of serum glucose in patients with DM type 2 compared with 40 as a control group at (pC, g.10863A>G, g.10865G>A, and g.10867T>A, while only one SNP was found to be known, namely rs1431442778. The current results indicated the presence of all of the observed SNPs only in the patients

Keywords

• Diabetes type 2
• Melatonin
• Melatonin receptor
• MTNR1B