Article
Lack of genetic susceptibility of KCNJ11 E23K polymorphism with risk of type 2 diabetes in an Iranian population.
Endocrine research - 1 Jan 2014
Keshavarz Parvaneh, Habibipour Razie, Ghasemi Malaeke, Kazemnezhad Ehsan, Alizadeh Maryam, Omami Mohammad Hasan Hedayati
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: The KCNJ11 gene has a strong effect on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Common polymorphism KCNJ11 E23K has been reported to be associated with type 2 diabetes in various European-descent populations. However, there were inconsistent results in previous studies in Asian populations, and no study has been carried out in the Iranian population. We examined the contribution of KCNJ11 E23K variant in the...
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