Article
Candidate genes for insulin resistance.
Diabetes care - 1 Apr 1996
Moller D E, Bjørbaek C, Vidal-Puig A
Abstract excerpt
Insulin resistance confers increased susceptibility to NIDDM, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, ovarian hyperandrogenism, and possibly hypertension. Insulin resistance is largely inherited, in rare cases as a monogenic disorder or more commonly as a complex trait. The search for insulin resistance genes relies mainly on two complementary approaches: 1) positional cloning using random DNA markers present...
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