Article
The association of the PAX4 gene with type 1 diabetes in Han Chinese.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Sept 2008
Zhang Yun, Xiao Xinhua, Liu Ying, Zhu Xilin, Wenhui Li, Li Naishi, Yuan Tao, Wang Heng
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: In present study, we aimed to evaluate whether the paired box gene 4 (PAX4) may play a role in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Chinese Han population. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-four cases with T1D and 324 non-diabetic control subjects were selected randomly from Han Chinese. Three tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, rs712701, rs2233580, rs2233575) according to HapMap data were...
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