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Common variants in PERK, JNK, BIP and XBP1 genes are associated with the risk of prediabetes or diabetes-related phenotypes in a Chinese population.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Jan 2014
Feng Nan, Ma Xiaowei, Wei Xiaowei, Zhang Junqing, Dong Aimei, Jin Mengmeng, Zhang Hong, Guo Xiaohui
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prediabetes is an early stage of β-cell dysfunction presenting as insulin resistance. Evidences suggest that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes. In a Chinese population with prediabetes, we investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes of PERK, JNK, XBP1, BIP and CHOP which encode molecular proteins involved...
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