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Several polymorphisms of KCNQ1 gene are associated with plasma lipid levels in general Chinese populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Chen Xing-dong, Yang Ya-jun, Li Shu-yuan, Peng Qian-qian, Zheng Li-juan, Jin Li, Wang Xiao-feng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily, member 1 (KCNQ1) is thought to be an important candidate gene of diabetes. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a 40-kb linkage disequilibrium (LD) block in its intron 15 have been identified to be associated with diabetes in East Asian populations in recent genome-wide association studies. The aim of this study was to investigate...
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