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Type 2 diabetes is associated with a common mitochondrial variant: evidence from a population-based case-control study.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jun 2002
Poulton Joanna, Luan Jian'an, Macaulay Vincent, Hennings Susie, Mitchell Jo, Wareham Nicholas J
Abstract excerpt
Variants in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) could be associated with type 2 diabetes because ATP plays a critical role in the production and release of insulin. Diabetes can be precipitated both by mtDNA mutations and by exposure to mitochondrial poisons. The risk of inheriting diabetes from an affected mother is greater than that from an affected father, but this is not explained by maternally inherited diabetes...
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