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A common P2 promoter polymorphism of the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha gene is associated with insulin secretion in non-obese Japanese with type 2 diabetes.
Endocrine journal - 1 Dec 2008
Tokunaga Ayumi, Horikawa Yukio, Fukuda-Akita Etsuko, Okita Kohei, Iwahashi Hiromi, Shimomura Iichiro, Takeda Jun, Yamagata Kazuya
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AIMS: Heterozygous mutations of the hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-4alpha gene cause a particular form of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1). Recent genetic studies have shown that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the beta-cell type P2 promoter of the HNF-4alpha gene are assoc...
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