Implication of genetic variants near <it>SLC30A8, HHEX, CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, FTO, TCF2</it>, <it>KCNQ1</it>, and <it>WFS1 </it>in Type 2 Diabetes in a Chinese population

• Main Authors: Zhou Xianghai (Author), Sun Xiuqin (Author), Wang Fang (Author), Zhang Xiuying (Author), Ren Qian (Author), Luo Yingying (Author), Han Xueyao (Author), Ji Linong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recently, several genome-wide and candidate gene association studies have identified many novel genetic loci for type 2 diabetes (T2D); among these genes, <it>CDKAL1, IGF2BP2, SLC30A8, CDKN2A/B, HHEX, FTO, TCF2, KCNQ1, and WFS1...