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Distinguishing covariation from causation in diabetes: a lesson from the protein disulfide isomerase mRNA abundance trait.
Diabetes - 1 Jan 2004
Lan Hong, Rabaglia Mary E, Schueler Kathryn L, Mata Christine, Yandell Brian S, Attie Alan D
Abstract excerpt
Protein disulfide isomerase (Pdi) is reported to be an insulin-regulated gene whose expression level is increased in the livers of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. We found that Pdi mRNA is approximately 20-fold more abundant in the diabetes-susceptible BTBR mouse strain relative to the diabetes-resistant C56BL/6 (B6) strain. A genetic analysis was carried out to determine whether there is a causal...
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