Article
Association of amino acid variants in the activating transcription factor 6 gene (ATF6) on 1q21-q23 with type 2 diabetes in Pima Indians.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2006
Thameem Farook, Farook Vidya S, Bogardus Clifton, Prochazka Michal
Abstract excerpt
Activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) is important for protective cell response to accumulation of unfolded and misfolded proteins in endoplasmic reticulum, and disturbances of this process can contribute to beta-cell apoptosis. We analyzed the structural gene located within a region on 1q21-q...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
