Genome-wide association studies in the Japanese population identify seven novel loci for type 2 diabetes
Here, Imamuraet al. conduct meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies to identify novel susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the Japanese population. By doing so, this study shows that both ethnicity-specific and ethnically-shared genetic loci can contribute to T2D risk.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-01-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10531 |