Analysis of coding variants in the betacellulin gene in type 2 diabetes and insulin secretion in African American subjects

• Main Authors: Karim Mohammad A (Author), Wang Xiaoqin (Author), Elbein Steven C (Author), Chu Winston S (Author), Silver Kristi D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Betacellulin is a member of the epidermal growth factor family, expressed at the highest levels predominantly in the pancreas and thought to be involved in islet neogenesis and regeneration. Nonsynonymous coding variants were reporte...