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Genome-wide copy number variation analysis identified deletions in SFMBT1 associated with fasting plasma glucose in a Han Chinese population.
BMC genomics - 8 Aug 2017
Chung Ren-Hua, Chiu Yen-Feng, Hung Yi-Jen, Lee Wen-Jane, Wu Kwan-Dun, Chen Hui-Ling, Lin Ming-Wei, Chen Yii-Der I, Quertermous Thomas, Hsiung Chao A
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BACKGROUND: Fasting glucose and fasting insulin are glycemic traits closely related to diabetes, and understanding the role of genetic factors in these traits can help reveal the etiology of type 2 diabetes. Although single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in several candidate genes have been found to be associated with fasting glucose and fasting insulin, copy number variations (CNVs), which have been reported to...
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