2010-07-01
Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis
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Nature Genetics , Volume 42 - Issue 7 p. 579- 589
By combining genome-wide association data from 8,130 individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and 38,987 controls of European descent and following up previously unidentified meta-analysis signals in a further 34,412 cases and 59,925 controls, we identified 12 new T2D association signals with combined P 5 × 10 8. These include a second independent signal at the KCNQ1 locus; the first report, to our knowledge, of an X-chromosomal association (near DUSP9); and a further instance of overlap between loci implicated in monogenic and multifactorial forms of diabetes (at HNF1A). The identified loci affect both beta-cell function and insulin action, and, overall, T2D association signals show evidence of enrichment for genes involved in cell cycle regulation. We also show that a high proportion of T2D susceptibility loci harbor independent association signals influencing apparently unrelated complex traits.
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| doi.org/10.1038/ng.609, hdl.handle.net/1765/28252 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Voight, B., Scott, L., Steinthorsdottir, V., Morris, A., Dina, C., Welch, R., … Watanabe, R. (2010). Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis. Nature Genetics, 42(7), 579–589. doi:10.1038/ng.609 |
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