Genetics of type 2 diabetes

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-254

  Ahlqvist, Emma ^a   Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh ^a   Groop, Leif ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN 10; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.1; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN MTNR 1 B; SULFONYLUREA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; BODY MASS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INSULIN RELEASE; LIFESTYLE; MONOGENIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79551497900     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.157016     Document Type: Review

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