Effects of 16 genetic variants on fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in South Asians: ADCY5 and GLIS3 variants may predispose to type 2 diabetes.

BACKGROUND: The Meta-Analysis of Glucose and Insulin related traits Consortium (MAGIC) recently identified 16 loci robustly associated with fasting glucose, some of which were also associated with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of our study was to explore the role of these variants in South Asian popu...

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Main Authors: Simon D Rees, M Zafar I Hydrie, J Paul O'Hare, Sudhesh Kumar, A Samad Shera, Abdul Basit, Anthony H Barnett, M Ann Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3176767?pdf=render