Genetics of type 2 diabetes: The GWAS era and future perspectives

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 723-739

  Imamura, Minako ^a   Maeda, Shiro ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical translation; Genetics; Genome wide association studies; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; CALPAIN 10; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TARGETING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MATURITY ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHARMACOGENETICS; PROPHYLAXIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS;

EID: 80053927394     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ11-0113     Document Type: Review

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