Variations in the HHEX gene are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2461-2466

  Horikoshi, M ^a   Hara, K ^a,b   Ito, C ^c   Shojima, N ^a   Nagai, R ^a,b   Ueki, K ^a   Froguel, P ^d   Kadowaki, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Medical Court Life Care Clinic ^*  (Japan)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Japanese population; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Susceptibility gene; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 35848945259     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0827-5     Document Type: Article

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