Variation in the HHEX-IDE gene region predisposes to type 2 diabetes in the prospective, population-based EPIC-Potsdam cohort [1]

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2405-2407

  Schulze, M B ^a   Al Hasani, H ^a   Boeing, H ^a   Fisher, E ^a   Doring F ^b   Joost, H G ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus, type 2; EPIC; Incidence; Longitudinal studies; Polymorphism, single nucleotide; Prospective studies; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULINASE; PROTEIN SLC30A8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34848824119     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0766-1     Document Type: Letter

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