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Association testing of the protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B gene (PTPN1) with type 2 diabetes in 7,883 people.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2005
Florez Jose C, Agapakis Christina M, Burtt Noël P, Sun Maria, Almgren Peter, Råstam Lennart, Tuomi Tiinamaija, Gaudet Daniel, Hudson Thomas J, Daly Mark J, Ardlie Kristin G, Hirschhorn Joel N, Groop Leif, Altshuler David
Abstract excerpt
Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-1B, encoded by the PTPN1 gene, inactivates the insulin signal transduction cascade by dephosphorylating phosphotyrosine residues in insulin signaling molecules. Due to its chromosomal location under a chromosome 20 linkage peak and the metabolic effects of its absence in knockout mice, it is a candidate gene for type 2 diabetes. Recent studies have associated common sequence...
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