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TYK2 Promoter Variant Is Associated with Impaired Insulin Secretion and Lower Insulin Resistance in Japanese Type 2 Diabetes Patients.
Genes - 11 Mar 2021
Mori Hitoe, Takahashi Hirokazu, Mine Keiichiro, Higashimoto Ken, Inoue Kanako, Kojima Motoyasu, Kuroki Shigetaka, Eguchi Takahisa, Ono Yasuhiro, Inuzuka Sadataka, Soejima Hidenobu, Nagafuchi Seiho, Anzai Keizo
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Accumulating evidence has suggested that viral infection causes type 1 diabetes due to direct β-cell damage and the triggering of autoimmune reactivity to β cells. Here, we elucidated that the tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) gene, encoding an interferon receptor signaling molecule, is responsible for virus-induced diabetes in mice, and its promoter variant confers a risk of type 1 diabetes in humans. This study...
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