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Polymorphisms in the TCF7L2, CDKAL1 and SLC30A8 genes are associated with impaired proinsulin conversion.
Diabetologia - 1 Apr 2008
Kirchhoff K, Machicao F, Haupt A, Schäfer S A, Tschritter O, Staiger H, Stefan N, Häring H-U, Fritsche A
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Variation within six novel genetic loci has been reported to confer risk of type 2 diabetes and may be associated with beta cell dysfunction. We investigated whether these polymorphisms are also associated with impaired proinsulin to insulin conversion. METHODS: We genotyped 1,065 German participants for single nucleotide polymorphisms rs7903146 in TCF7L2, rs7754840 in CDKAL1, rs7923837 and...
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