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KCNQ1 gene polymorphisms are associated with the therapeutic efficacy of repaglinide in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 May 2012
Dai Xing-Ping, Huang Qiong, Yin Ji-Ye, Guo Yu, Gong Zhi-Cheng, Lei Min-Xiang, Jiang Tie-Jian, Zhou Hong-Hao, Liu Zhao-Qian
Abstract excerpt
The present study evaluated the effects of KCNQ1 rs2237892 and rs2237895 polymorphisms on repaglinide efficacy in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In all, 367 T2DM patients and 214 controls were genotyped. Forty of the T2DM patients were randomly selected to undergo 8 weeks repaglinide treatment. The frequency of the rs2237892 allele was lower in the T2DM patients than in the control group...
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