Replication of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) loci for fasting plasma glucose in African-Americans

Diabetologia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 783-788

  Ramos, E ^a   Chen, G ^a   Shriner, D ^a   Doumatey, A ^a   Gerry, N P ^b   Herbert, A ^c   Huang, H ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Christman, M F ^b   Adeyemo, A ^a   Rotimi, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Association; GWAS; Replication; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DGKB TMEM195 GENE; DIABETES MELLITUS; G8PC2 GENE; GCKR GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MTNR1B GENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC30A8 GENE; TCFL2 GENE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 79953822887     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-2002-7     Document Type: Article

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