Parental diabetes status reveals association of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J1 with type 2 diabetes

• Main Authors: Wainstein Julio (Author), Cohen Josef (Author), Blech Ilana (Author), Ovadia Ofer (Author), Feder Jeanette (Author), Harman-Boehm Ilana (Author), Glaser Benjamin (Author), Mishmar Dan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although mitochondrial dysfunction is consistently manifested in patients with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the association of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variants with T2DM varies among populations. These differences migh...