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A variant in the KCNQ1 gene predicts future type 2 diabetes and mediates impaired insulin secretion.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2009
Jonsson Anna, Isomaa Bo, Tuomi Tiinamaija, Taneera Jalal, Salehi Albert, Nilsson Peter, Groop Leif, Lyssenko Valeriya
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OBJECTIVE: Two independent genome-wide association studies for type 2 diabetes in Japanese subjects have recently identified common variants in the KCNQ1 gene that are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes. Here we studied whether a common variant in KCNQ1 would influence BMI as well as insulin secretion and action and predict future type 2 diabetes in subjects from Sweden and Finland. RESEARCH DESIGN AND...
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