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Variation in TCF7L2 influences therapeutic response to sulfonylureas: a GoDARTs study.
Diabetes - 1 Aug 2007
Pearson Ewan R, Donnelly Louise A, Kimber Charlotte, Whitley Adrian, Doney Alex S F, McCarthy Mark I, Hattersley Andrew T, Morris Andrew D, Palmer Colin N A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: There is considerable interindividual variation in sulfonylurea response in type 2 diabetes. Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) variants have been identified to be strongly associated with type 2 diabetes risk, probably due to decreased beta-cell function. We hypothesized that variation in TCF7L2 would influence response to sulfonylureas but not metformin. We studied the effect of TCF7L2 rs12255372...
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