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Effect of common polymorphisms in the HNF4alpha promoter on susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in the French Caucasian population.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 2005
Vaxillaire M, Dina C, Lobbens S, Dechaume A, Vasseur-Delannoy V, Helbecque N, Charpentier G, Froguel P
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The gene encoding HNF-4alpha, an orphan nuclear receptor playing critical roles in embryogenesis and metabolism by regulating gene expression in pancreatic beta cells, liver, and other tissues, is localised to chromosome 20q13, where linkage to type 2 diabetes has been shown in multiple studies. As two reports have independently demonstrated a convincing association with variants adjacent to the...
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