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Examination of type 2 diabetes loci implicates CDKAL1 as a birth weight gene.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2009
Zhao Jianhua, Li Mingyao, Bradfield Jonathan P, Wang Kai, Zhang Haitao, Sleiman Patrick, Kim Cecilia E, Annaiah Kiran, Glaberson Wendy, Glessner Joseph T, Otieno F George, Thomas Kelly A, Garris Maria, Hou Cuiping, Frackelton Edward C, Chiavacci Rosetta M, Berkowitz Robert I, Hakonarson Hakon, Grant Struan F A
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OBJECTIVE: A number of studies have found that reduced birth weight is associated with type 2 diabetes later in life; however, the underlying mechanism for this correlation remains unresolved. Recently, association has been demonstrated between low birth weight and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the CDKAL1 and HHEX-IDE loci, regions that were previously implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2...
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