Novel meta-analysis-derived type 2 diabetes risk loci do not determine prediabetic phenotypes.

Novel meta-analysis-derived type 2 diabetes risk loci do not determine prediabetic phenotypes.

BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association (GWA) studies identified a series of novel type 2 diabetes risk loci. Most of them were subsequently demonstrated to affect insulin secretion of pancreatic beta-cells. Very recently, a meta-analysis of GWA data revealed nine additional risk loci with still undefin...

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Main Authors: Harald Staiger, Fausto Machicao, Konstantinos Kantartzis, Silke A Schäfer, Kerstin Kirchhoff, Martina Guthoff, Günther Silbernagel, Norbert Stefan, Andreas Fritsche, Hans-Ulrich Häring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2500187?pdf=render

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