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A novel type 2 diabetes risk allele increases the promoter activity of the muscle-specific small ankyrin 1 gene.
Scientific reports - 28 Apr 2016
Yan Rengna, Lai Shanshan, Yang Yang, Shi Hongfei, Cai Zhenming, Sorrentino Vincenzo, Du Hong, Chen Huimei
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies have identified Ankyrin-1 (ANK1) as a common type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility locus. However, the underlying causal variants and functional mechanisms remain unknown. We screened for 8 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ANK1 between 2 case-control studies. Genotype analysis revealed significant associations of 3 SNPs, rs508419 (first identified here), rs515071, and...
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