Article
Gender differences in the association of ELMO1 genetic variants with type 2 diabetes in Tunisian Arabs.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Mar 2018
Turki A, Mzoughi S, Mtitaoui N, Khairallah M, Marmouch H, Hammami S, Mahjoub T, Almawi W Y
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Polymorphisms of the engulfment and cell motility 1 (ELMO1) gene were recently associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and its complications. We investigated the association of rs10255208, rs7782979, and rs2041801 ELMO1 gene variants with T2DM in Tunisian Arabs. METHODS: Subjects comprised 900 T2DM patients and 600 normoglycemic controls. ELMO1 genotyping was done by PCR-RFLP; the contribution of ELMO1...
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