Faculty Opinions recommendation of Variants in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- 1 September 2008
- dataset
- Published by H1 Connect
- Vol. 40 (9)
- https://doi.org/10.3410/f.1120522.576732
Abstract
This study, similarly to the study by Unoki et al. {1}, reports that single nucleotide variants in the KCNQ1 gene are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean populations. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing, presenting a serious health challenge worldwide. Previous genome-wide association (GWA) studies focusing on populations of European descent have identified ~20 susceptibility...Keywords
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