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Large-scale association studies of variants in genes encoding the pancreatic beta-cell KATP channel subunits Kir6.2 (KCNJ11) and SUR1 (ABCC8) confirm that the KCNJ11 E23K variant is associated with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 2003
Gloyn Anna L, Weedon Michael N, Owen Katharine R, Turner Martina J, Knight Bridget A, Hitman Graham, Walker Mark, Levy Jonathan C, Sampson Mike, Halford Stephanie, McCarthy Mark I, Hattersley Andrew T, Frayling Timothy M
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The genes ABCC8 and KCNJ11, which encode the subunits sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) and inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Kir6.2) of the beta-cell ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel, control insulin secretion. Common polymorphisms in these genes (ABCC8 exon 16-3t/c, exon 18 T/C, KCNJ11 E23K) have been variably associated with type 2 diabetes, but no large ( approximately 2,000 subjects) case-control...
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