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Replication study of candidate genes associated with type 2 diabetes based on genome-wide screening.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 2009
Tabara Yasuharu, Osawa Haruhiko, Kawamoto Ryuichi, Onuma Hiroshi, Shimizu Ikki, Miki Tetsuro, Kohara Katsuhiko, Makino Hideichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The present study was conducted to confirm possible associations between candidate genes from genome-wide association studies and type 2 diabetes in Japanese diabetic patients and a community-based general population. A total of 11 previously reported single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the TCF7L2, CDKAL1, HHEX, IGF2BP2, CDKN2A/B, SLC30A8, and KCNJ11 genes were analyzed. RESEARCH DESIGN AND...
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