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The beta cell glucokinase promoter variant is an unlikely risk factor for diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden (DISS).
Diabetologia - 1 Aug 1997
Lotfi K, Sund G, Lowe R, Graham J, Landin-Olsson M, Kockum I, Deeb S, Lernmark A
Abstract excerpt
Glucokinase plays an important role in the regulation of insulin secretion and is therefore an attractive candidate gene for both insulin dependent (IDDM) and non-insulin-dependent (NIDDM) diabetes mellitus. A single G-A nucleotide polymorphism at the -30 position of the beta-cell specific promoter region of the glucokinase gene was previously associated with reduced beta-cell function. In the present study we...
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