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The risk allele load accelerates the age-dependent decline in beta cell function.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 2009
Haupt A, Staiger H, Schäfer S A, Kirchhoff K, Guthoff M, Machicao F, Gallwitz B, Stefan N, Häring H-U, Fritsche A
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Among the novel type 2 diabetes risk loci identified by genome-wide association studies, TCF7L2, HHEX, SLC30A8 and CDKAL1 appear to affect beta cell function. In the present study we examined the effect of these genes' risk alleles on the age-dependent decline in insulin secretion. METHODS: The SNPs rs7903146 (TCF7L2), rs7754840(CDKAL1), rs7923837 (HHEX) and rs13266634 (SLC30A8) were genotyped in...
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