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Human iPSC-Based Modeling Identifies Epigenetic Regulation at the KCNQ1 Locus During Early Islet Development That Contributes to Lower β-Cell Mass.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2026
Nair Anup K, Traurig Michael, Muller Yunhua L, Anup Divya, Sutherland Jeffrey R, Grellinger Emma, Henry Nizhoni, Weidrich Kim, Cheranda Koushik Ponnanna, Bogardus Clifton, Baier Leslie J
Abstract excerpt
The strongest type 2 diabetes signal in Indigenous Americans from Arizona is in intron 15 of KCNQ1. We previously identified a functional region in this intron that contained four type 2 diabetes-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs2299620, rs2237896, rs2237897, and rs74046911) and demonstrated functionality of this fragment using Indigenous American induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived...
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