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Variants in KCNQ1, AP3S1, MAN2A1, and ALDH7A1 and the risk of type 2 diabetes in the Chinese Northern Han population: a case-control study and meta-analysis.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 1 Jun 2010
Zhou Jian-Bo, Yang Jin-Kui, Zhao Lei, Xin Zhong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have explored several novel type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility variants in the KCNQ1 (rs2237892), AP3S1 (rs3756555), MAN2A1 (rs2015698), and ALDH7A1 (rs2306617) genes in Japan and Western Africa. The aim here was to evaluate the contribution of variants in these genes to predisposition for T2D in the Chinese Northern Han population. MATERIAL/METHODS: Four candidate single-nucleotide...
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