A common rs7903146 variant of the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and fasting glucose in a Taiwanese population

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 83-85

  Hsiao, T J ^a   Lin, E ^b,c,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c VITA GENOMICS INC   (Taiwan)

^d TickleFish Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA ISOLATION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWANESE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2 GENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETICS; TAIWAN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TAIWAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84973530110     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: 18781780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2016.05.003     Document Type: Letter

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