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A common variant in PPP1R3 associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Sept 1998
Xia J, Scherer S W, Cohen P T, Majer M, Xi T, Norman R A, Knowler W C, Bogardus C, Prochazka M
Abstract excerpt
Selected candidate genes have been analyzed in the Pima Indians of Arizona based on evidence that insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes have significant genetic determinants. An amino acid substitution at codon 905 of the glycogen-targeting subunit of type 1 protein phosphatase that regulates skeletal muscle glycogenesis was recently reported to be associated with changes in insulin action in Danish subjects. In...
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