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Common polymorphisms in the USF1 gene are not associated with type 2 diabetes in French Caucasians.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2005
Gibson Fernando, Hercberg Serge, Froguel Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Upstream transcription factor 1 (USF1) is a ubiquitously expressed transcription factor of the basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper family that has been shown to regulate the expression of a raft of key genes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism. The USF1 gene is located at chromosome 1q22-q23, within the most consistently replicated type 2 diabetes susceptibility locus in the human genome. In this study, we...
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