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Vaspin (SERPINA12) genotypes and risk of type 2 diabetes: Results from the MONICA/KORA studies.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Mar 2010
Kempf K, Rose B, Illig T, Rathmann W, Strassburger K, Thorand B, Meisinger C, Wichmann H-E, Herder C, Vollmert C
Abstract excerpt
Vaspin has recently been identified as novel adipokine with high expression in adipose tissue of obese and type 2 diabetic subjects and with potentially insulin-sensitising properties. However, the impact of vaspin gene variants on the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has not been determined yet. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the association of vaspin single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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