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Identification of minimal promoter and genetic variants of Kruppel-like factor 11 gene and association analysis with type 2 diabetes in Japanese.
Endocrine journal - 1 Jan 2009
Kuroda Eiji, Horikawa Yukio, Enya Mayumi, Oda Naohisa, Suzuki Eiji, Iizuka Katsumi, Takeda Jun
Abstract excerpt
Genetic analysis of the KLF11 gene revealed two rare variants, A347S and T220M, segregating in families with early-onset type 2 diabetes, and one frequent polymorphic Q62R variant significantly associated with type 2 diabetes in Northern Europeans. Furthermore, it has been reported that over-expression of KLF11 has a deleterious effect on insulin promoter activity. Thus, an altered expression level of KLF11 may...
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