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Association of a polymorphism of BTN2A1 with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Japanese individuals.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Nov 2011
Hiramatsu M, Oguri M, Kato K, Yoshida T, Fujimaki T, Horibe H, Yokoi K, Watanabe S, Satoh K, Aoyagi Y, Tanaka M, Yoshida H, Shinkai S, Nozawa Y, Murohara T, Yamada Y
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AIMS: We previously showed that the C→T polymorphism (rs6929846) of BTN2A1 was significantly associated with myocardial infarction in Japanese individuals by a genome-wide association study. Given that diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for myocardial infarction, the association of rs6929846 of BTN2A1 with myocardial infarction might be attributable, at least in part, to its effect on susceptibility to...
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