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Evidence for an association with type 2 diabetes mellitus at the PPARG locus in a South Indian population.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Apr 2010
Vimaleswaran Karani S, Radha Venkatesan, Jayapriya Munuguru Gopal, Ghosh Saurabh, Majumder Partha P, Rao M R Sathyanarayana, Mohan Viswanathan
Abstract excerpt
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 (PPARG2) is a nuclear hormone receptor of ligand-dependent transcription factor involved in adipogenesis and a molecular target of the insulin sensitizers thiazolidinediones. We addressed the question of whether the 3 variants (-1279G/A, Pro12Ala, and His478His) in the PPARG2 gene are associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and its related traits in a South...
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