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The association of genetic variants in Krüppel-like factor 11 and Type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Jan 2008
Tanahashi T, Shinohara K, Keshavarz P, Yamaguchi Y, Miyawaki K, Kunika K, Moritani M, Nakamura N, Yoshikawa T, Shiota H, Inoue H, Itakura M
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AIMS: Krüppel-like factor 11 (KLF11) is a transcriptional factor of the zinc finger domain family that regulates the expression of insulin. In North European populations, its common functional variant Q62R (rs35927125) is a strong genetic factor for Type 2 diabetes (P = 0.00033, odds ratio for G...
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