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Calpain 10 and type 2 diabetes: are we getting closer to an explanation?
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care - 1 Jul 2005
Ridderstråle Martin, Parikh Hemang, Groop Leif
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: A variation in the gene encoding the cysteine protease calpain 10 (CAPN10) was recently linked and associated with type 2 diabetes by positional cloning. This positional cloning was a follow-up investigation to the identification of a diabetes-linked region on human chromosome 2 identified by genome-wide scanning a few years earlier. In this paper we give a general background on the genetic...
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