Evaluation of genome wide association study associated type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci in sub Saharan Africans

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Adeyemo, Adebowale A ^a   Tekola Ayele, Fasil ^a   Doumatey, Ayo P ^a   Bentley, Amy R ^a   Chen, Guanjie ^a   Huang, Hanxia ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Shriner, Daniel ^a   Fasanmade, Olufemi ^b   Okafor, Godfrey ^c   Eghan, Benjamin ^d   Agyenim Boateng, Kofi ^d   Adeleye, Jokotade ^e   Balogun, Williams ^e   Elkahloun, Abdel ^a   Chandrasekharappa, Settara ^a   Owusu, Samuel ^f   Amoah, Albert ^f   Acheampong, Joseph ^d   Johnson, Thomas ^b   Oli, Johnnie ^c   Adebamowo, Clement ^g   Collins, Francis ^h   Dunston, Georgia ⁱ   Rotimi, Charles N ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine mapping; Genetic association; Replication; Sub Saharan Africa; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84954319870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00335     Document Type: Article

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