title: Damage to the vascular endothelium of diabetic patients can be assessed by analysing blood samples for the number of circulating endothelial cells with mitochondrial DNA deletions.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Egawhary
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Swoboda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Vince
mesh_terms: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial