Article
Association of rs7903146, rs12255372, and rs290487 polymorphisms in TCF7L2 gene with type 2 diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish ethnic group.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2014
Shokouhi Shabnam, Delpisheh Ali, Haghani Karimeh, Mahdizadeh Mohsen, Bakhtiyari Salar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene are well known risk variants for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The association between TCF7L2 SNPs and T2DM has been investigated in several studies, but the results are controversial. In this study, we investigated whether the rs7903146, rs12255372, and rs290487 polymorphisms of TCF7L2 are associated with...
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