Genetic Predisposition to an Impaired Metabolism of the Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomisation Analysis.

Genetic Predisposition to an Impaired Metabolism of the Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomisation Analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Higher circulating levels of the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs; i.e., isoleucine, leucine, and valine) are strongly associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk, but it is not known whether this association is causal. We undertook large-scale human genetic analyses...

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Main Authors: Luca A Lotta, Robert A Scott, Stephen J Sharp, Stephen Burgess, Jian'an Luan, Therese Tillin, Amand F Schmidt, Fumiaki Imamura, Isobel D Stewart, John R B Perry, Luke Marney, Albert Koulman, Edward D Karoly, Nita G Forouhi, Rasmus J O Sjögren, Erik Näslund, Juleen R Zierath, Anna Krook, David B Savage, Julian L Griffin, Nishi Chaturvedi, Aroon D Hingorani, Kay-Tee Khaw, Inês Barroso, Mark I McCarthy, Stephen O'Rahilly, Nicholas J Wareham, Claudia Langenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002179

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