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Nucleotide sensitivity of pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium channels and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2002
Schwanstecher Christina, Schwanstecher Mathias
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes is generally perceived as a polygenic disorder, with disease development being influenced by both hereditary and environmental factors. However, despite intensive investigations, little progress has been made in identifying the genes that impart susceptibility to the common late-onset forms of the disease. E23K, a common single nucleotide polymorphism in K(IR)6.2, the pore-forming subunit of...
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