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Polymorphisms in both promoters of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-alpha are associated with type 2 diabetes in the Amish.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2004
Damcott Coleen M, Hoppman Nicole, Ott Sandra H, Reinhart Laurie J, Wang Jian, Pollin Toni I, O'Connell Jeffrey R, Mitchell Braxton D, Shuldiner Alan R
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-alpha (HNF4A) is a transcription factor located on chromosome 20q13 that regulates expression of genes involved in glucose metabolism and homeostasis. Recently, two groups independently identified single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) in an alternate upstream promoter (P2) of HNF4A that were associated with type 2 diabetes in Ashkenazi Jews and Finns. We genotyped haplotype-tagging...
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