A single nucleotide polymorphism within DUSP9 is associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in a Japanese population.

The DUSP9 locus on chromosome X was identified as a susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes in a meta-analysis of European genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and GWAS in South Asian populations identified 6 additional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci for type 2 diabetes. However, the...

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Main Authors: Hisashi Fukuda, Minako Imamura, Yasushi Tanaka, Minoru Iwata, Hiroshi Hirose, Kohei Kaku, Hiroshi Maegawa, Hirotaka Watada, Kazuyuki Tobe, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Ryuzo Kawamori, Shiro Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3459833?pdf=render