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Variants in GLIS3 and CRY2 are associated with type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Chinese Hans.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Liu Chen, Li Huaixing, Qi Lu, Loos Ruth J F, Qi Qibin, Lu Ling, Gan Wei, Lin Xu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a number of common variants associated with fasting glucose homeostasis and type 2 diabetes in populations of European origin. This is a replication study to examine whether such associations are also observed in Chinese Hans. METHODS: We genotyped nine variants in or near MADD, ADRA2A, CRY2, GLIS3, PROX1, FADS1, C2CD4B, IGF1 and IRS1 in a...
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