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Variants in the Ca V 2.3 (alpha 1E) subunit of voltage-activated Ca2+ channels are associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in Pima Indians.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2007
Muller Yunhua Li, Hanson Robert L, Zimmerman Collin, Harper Inge, Sutherland Jeff, Kobes Sayuko, Knowler William C, Bogardus Clifton, Baier Leslie J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Linkage to type 2 diabetes has been reported on chromosome 1q21-25 in Pima Indians. Fine mapping identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the CACNA1E gene associated with this disease. CACNA1E encodes the voltage-dependent calcium channel Ca(v)2.3 Ca(2+), and mice lacking this channel exhibit impaired glucose tolerance and insulin secretion. Therefore, CACNA1E was investigated as a...
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