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Recent progress in the use of genetics to understand links between type 2 diabetes and related metabolic traits

Genome-wide association studies have identified genetic variants associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The aim of this review is to highlight some of the insights into the mechanism underlying type 2 diabetes provided by genetic association studies.

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Autores principales: Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Frayling, Timothy M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23548046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2013-14-3-203
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spelling pubmed-36630872014-03-28 Recent progress in the use of genetics to understand links between type 2 diabetes and related metabolic traits Yaghootkar, Hanieh Frayling, Timothy M Genome Biol Review Genome-wide association studies have identified genetic variants associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The aim of this review is to highlight some of the insights into the mechanism underlying type 2 diabetes provided by genetic association studies. BioMed Central 2013 2013-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3663087/ /pubmed/23548046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2013-14-3-203 Text en Copyright © 2013 BioMed Central Ltd
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