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Haplotype structure and genotype-phenotype correlations of the sulfonylurea receptor and the islet ATP-sensitive potassium channel gene region.
Diabetes - 1 May 2004
Florez Jose C, Burtt Noël, de Bakker Paul I W, Almgren Peter, Tuomi Tiinamaija, Holmkvist Johan, Gaudet Daniel, Hudson Thomas J, Schaffner Steve F, Daly Mark J, Hirschhorn Joel N, Groop Leif, Altshuler David
Abstract excerpt
The genes for the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR1; encoded by ABCC8) and its associated islet ATP-sensitive potassium channel (Kir6.2; encoded by KCNJ11) are adjacent to one another on human chromosome 11. Multiple studies have reported association of the E23K variant of Kir6.2 with risk of type 2 diabetes. Whether and how E23K itself-or other variant(s) in either of these two closely linked genes-influences type 2...
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