INS VNTR class genotype and the function of isolated human islets

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  D'Aleo, V ^a   Del Guerra, S ^a   Groves, C ^b   Lupi, R ^a   Tancredi, M ^a   McCarthy, M ^b   Marchetti, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INSULIN;

AGED; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET; SECRETION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GLYBURIDE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 79951517534     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.10.005     Document Type: Letter

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