Candidate genes for insulin resistance.

doi:10.2337/diacare.19.4.396

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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 res...

Topics

Animals
Arteriosclerosis
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Disease Susceptibility
Female
Genetic Linkage
Glucose
Humans
Hyperandrogenism
Insulin Resistance
Models, Biological
Mutation
Ovarian Diseases
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
Receptor, Insulin

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