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Effect of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) gene variants and MIF serum concentrations on the risk of type 2 diabetes: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Case-Cohort Study, 1984-2002.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 2008
Herder C, Klopp N, Baumert J, Müller M, Khuseyinova N, Meisinger C, Martin S, Illig T, Koenig W, Thorand B
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a central mediator of innate immunity. Our aim was to investigate the triangular association between MIF genotypes, circulating MIF concentrations and incident type 2 diabetes, and to use a Mendelian randomisation approach to assess the causal role of MIF. METHODS: Using a case-cohort design within the population-based MONICA/KORA Augsburg Study,...
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