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[Association between polymorphisms of TCF7L2 and type 2 diabetes with special reference to incretin action].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 May 2011
Enya Mayumi, Horikawa Yukio, Takeda Jun
Abstract excerpt
TCF7L2 is a Wnt signaling-associated transcription factor and is ubiquitously expressed. Polymorphisms in the TCF7L2 gene exhibit the strongest association with type 2 diabetes among approximately twenty susceptibility gene variants identified to date. Although the mechanisms by which TCF7L2 affects susceptibility to type 2 diabetes remain to be elucidated, several studies have shown that decreased TCF7L2 protein...
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